The history of the grand visiers, Mahomet and Achmet Coprogli, of the three last grand signiors, their Sultana's and chief favourites, with the most secret intrigues of the seraglio besides several other particulars of the wars of Dalmatia, Transylvania, Hungary, Candia, and Poland / Englished by John Evelyn, Junior.
         Histoire des grands vizirs Mahomet Caprogli-pacha et Achmet Caprogli-pacha. English
         Chassepol, François de, 17th cent.
      
       
         
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             The history of the grand visiers, Mahomet and Achmet Coprogli, of the three last grand signiors, their Sultana's and chief favourites, with the most secret intrigues of the seraglio besides several other particulars of the wars of Dalmatia, Transylvania, Hungary, Candia, and Poland / Englished by John Evelyn, Junior.
             Histoire des grands vizirs Mahomet Caprogli-pacha et Achmet Caprogli-pacha. English
             Chassepol, François de, 17th cent.
             Evelyn, John, 1655-1699.
          
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               LICENSED
               ,
            
             
               
                 
                   Nov.
                   24.
                   1676.
                   
                
              
               
                 Roger
                 L'Estrange
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
             
               THE
               HISTORY
               OF
               THE
               Grand
               Uisiers
               ,
               Mahomet
               ,
               and
               
                 Achmet
                 Coprogli
              
               ,
               Of
               the
               three
               last
               GRAND
               SIGNIORS
               ,
               THEIR
               Sultana's
               and
               Chief
               Favourites
               ;
               With
               the
               most
               secret
               Intrigues
               of
               the
               SERAGLIO
               .
            
             
               Besides
               several
               other
               particulars
               of
               the
               Wars
               of
               
                 Dalmatia
                 ,
                 Transylvania
                 ,
                 Hungary
                 ,
                 Candia
                 ,
              
               and
               Poland
               .
            
             
               Englished
               by
               
                 Iohn
                 Evelyn
              
               ,
               junior
               .
            
             
               LONDON
               :
               Printed
               for
               
                 H.
                 Brome
              
               ,
               at
               the
               Gun
               at
               the
               West-end
               of
               St.
               Pauls
               .
               1677.
               
            
          
           
             
             
             
               To
               the
               High
               and
               Mighty
               Prince
               GODEFROY
               MAURICE
               ,
               De
               la
               Tour
               ,
               d'
               Auvergne
               ,
               Sovereign
               Duke
               of
               Bouillon
               ,
               Duke
               d'
               Albret
               ,
               and
               Chasteau
               Thierry
               ,
               Count
               d'
               Auvergne
               ,
               Eureux
               ,
               Viscount
               Turenne
               ,
               Governour
               ,
               and
               Lieutenant
               for
               the
               King
               in
               High
               and
               Low
               Auvergne
               ,
               Peer
               ,
               and
               Great
               Chamberlain
               of
               France
               .
            
             
               
                 SIR
                 ,
              
            
             
               THIS
               Book
               I
               look
               upon
               as
               a
               Present
               so
               far
               from
               worthy
               of
               your
               Highness
               ,
               that
               I
               cannot
               but
               charge
               my self
               with
               Presumption
               in
               the
               very
               Dedication
               of
               it
               .
               But
               as
               the
               Work
               it self
               was
               written
               under
               your
               Roof
               ,
               and
               the
               Author
               of
               it
               
               had
               the
               honour
               at
               the
               same
               time
               to
               be
               generously
               obliged
               by
               your
               Highness
               .
               As
               it
               is
               properly
               the
               Life
               of
               an
               Hero
               ,
               whom
               you
               your self
               have
               encountred
               with
               his
               Scimitar
               in
               his
               hand
               ;
               an
               Hero
               whose
               Victorious
               Course
               was
               then
               stopped
               by
               your
               assistance
               ,
               when
               our
               brave
               French
               gave
               that
               famous
               Defeat
               to
               the
               
                 Grand
                 Visier
              
               near
               the
               River
               Raab
               ;
               the
               place
               where
               you
               gave
               so
               many
               signal
               marks
               of
               that
               extraordinary
               Valour
               ,
               which
               is
               essential
               to
               the
               Character
               of
               your
               Illustrious
               Family
               ,
               and
               hereditary
               to
               all
               that
               bear
               your
               Name
               ;
               to
               whom
               ,
               Sir
               ,
               should
               I
               inscribe
               this
               Book
               but
               to
               your self
               ,
               either
               upon
               the
               point
               of
               glory
               or
               protection
               ?
               To
               sum
               up
               the
               number
               of
               your
               Ancestors
               ,
               whose
               great
               Actions
               fill
               the
               best
               pages
               
               of
               our
               History
               ;
               to
               present
               you
               with
               your
               Pedigree
               ,
               or
               the
               pourtraits
               of
               so
               many
               Princes
               who
               have
               made
               your
               very
               Name
               immortal
               ;
               to
               insist
               upon
               those
               that
               bear
               it
               now
               ,
               and
               by
               their
               own
               merit
               ,
               and
               the
               great
               Charges
               they
               possess
               ,
               are
               so
               considerable
               ;
               that
               in
               your
               Highness
               and
               your
               Brothers
               ,
               one
               may
               behold
               all
               that
               is
               high
               ,
               and
               exalted
               in
               France
               ;
               to
               say
               that
               in
               your
               Family
               those
               Dignities
               are
               at
               present
               united
               ,
               which
               never
               met
               in
               any
               Kings
               Reign
               before
               ,
               as
               the
               Office
               of
               
                 Great
                 Chamberlain
                 ,
                 Great
                 Almoner
                 of
                 France
                 ,
              
               and
               
                 Colonel
                 of
                 the
                 Light
                 Horse
              
               .
               I
               am
               not
               ,
               Sir
               ,
               now
               to
               learn
               ,
               that
               these
               are
               Truths
               would
               offend
               your
               Modesty
               ,
               and
               that
               it
               is
               peculiar
               to
               your
               House
               to
               reject
               all
               praises
               ,
               how
               just
               soever
               .
               
               This
               is
               the
               reason
               that
               makes
               me
               sparing
               upon
               this
               subject
               ;
               and
               to
               content
               my self
               with
               this
               humble
               profession
               ,
               that
               I
               am
               with
               all
               respect
               ,
               and
               veneration
               ,
               as
               I
               ought
               to
               be
               ,
            
             
               
                 SIR
                 ,
              
               
                 Your
                 Highnesses
                 most
                 Humble
                 and
                 Obedient
                 Servant
                 ,
                 
                   De
                   Chassepol
                
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
             
               To
               my
               GOVERNESS
               .
            
             
               THere
               needs
               no
               more
               to
               declare
               to
               all
               the
               World
               who
               you
               are
               ,
               when
               I
               shall
               tell
               them
               ,
               that
               it
               is
               to
               the
               most
               Religious
               ,
               and
               vertuous
               ;
               the
               most
               discreet
               ,
               and
               the
               most
               charming
               of
               your
               Sex
               :
               to
               speak
               less
               ,
               were
               to
               injure
               your
               Merits
               ,
               as
               well
               as
               my
               Iudgment
               ;
               to
               say
               more
               (
               and
               name
               you
               )
               were
               to
               undervalue
               the
               discernment
               of
               all
               who
               know
               what
               perfection
               is
               ,
               and
               where
               all
               the
               Graces
               which
               are
               scattered
               amongst
               other
               Ladies
               of
               Quality
               are
               assembled
               in
               one
               .
            
             
               I
               made
               choice
               of
               this
               piece
               (
               whilst
               I
               was
               lately
               at
               Paris
               )
               to
               divert
               my
               Governess
               with
               ;
               because
               the
               Truth
               and
               Dignity
               of
               the
               Historical
               Part
               (
               which
               you
               more
               affect
               )
               may
               commute
               for
               the
               Trifles
               of
               the
               Romantick
               (
               which
               you
               less
               
               regard
               )
               and
               have
               rendered
               it
               English
               ,
               not
               because
               you
               are
               unacquainted
               with
               the
               Original
               (
               who
               are
               Mistress
               of
               the
               most
               polished
               Languages
               )
               but
               to
               give
               you
               some
               account
               of
               the
               instructions
               I
               acknowledge
               to
               have
               received
               from
               you
               ,
               how
               I
               should
               employ
               the
               less
               serious
               moments
               of
               my
               Time
               ,
               as
               well
               as
               the
               most
               studious
               ,
               and
               recollected
               .
               I
               had
               but
               to
               imitate
               your
               example
               ,
               to
               pay
               at
               once
               my
               duty
               to
               God
               ,
               my self
               ,
               and
               all
               the
               world
               .
            
             
               This
               is
               the
               express
               Character
               of
               my
               Governess
               ,
               the
               account
               her
               Pupil
               thinks
               fit
               to
               give
               of
               his
               attempt
               ,
               and
               of
               the
               veneration
               he
               bears
            
             
               Philothea
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             
             
               THE
               HISTORY
               of
               the
               Grand
               VISIERS
               .
            
             
               
                 The
                 First
                 Book
                 .
              
               
                 History
                 of
                 Sultan
                 Amurath
                 the
                 Fourth
                 .
              
               
                 AMurath
                 the
                 Fourth
                 of
                 that
                 name
                 ,
                 Emperor
                 of
                 the
                 Turks
                 ,
                 had
                 no
                 sooner
                 put
                 an
                 end
                 to
                 the
                 differences
                 that
                 were
                 between
                 him
                 ,
                 and
                 Vladislaus
                 the
                 great
                 King
                 of
                 Poland
                 ,
                 but
                 he
                 immediately
                 resolved
                 to
                 execute
                 his
                 long
                 intended
                 design
                 of
                 recovering
                 the
                 City
                 of
                 Babylon
                 ,
                 vulgarly
                 called
                 
                   Bagdet
                   .
                   Pekier
                   Bassa
                
                 ,
                 the
                 better
                 to
                 shelter
                 himself
                 from
                 Amurath
                 ,
                 had
                 delivered
                 it
                 to
                 the
                 King
                 of
                 Persia.
                 The
                 importance
                 
                 of
                 this
                 enterprise
                 was
                 such
                 ,
                 as
                 made
                 the
                 Sultan
                 think
                 his
                 own
                 presence
                 necessary
                 to
                 accomplish
                 it
                 .
                 Therefore
                 to
                 reestablish
                 that
                 glory
                 which
                 his
                 Arms
                 had
                 lost
                 under
                 the
                 Conduct
                 of
                 his
                 Generals
                 ,
                 he
                 took
                 the
                 field
                 at
                 the
                 head
                 of
                 three
                 hundred
                 thousand
                 men
                 ,
                 with
                 such
                 expedition
                 ,
                 that
                 he
                 prevented
                 the
                 Sophy
                 ,
                 and
                 forced
                 him
                 to
                 retire
                 after
                 he
                 had
                 fortified
                 some
                 places
                 ,
                 which
                 were
                 not
                 before
                 in
                 a
                 condition
                 to
                 make
                 any
                 resistance
                 .
                 Tauris
                 was
                 the
                 first
                 place
                 that
                 presumed
                 to
                 withstand
                 the
                 Sultan
                 ;
                 and
                 it
                 was
                 so
                 vigorously
                 defended
                 ,
                 that
                 it
                 provok'd
                 him
                 after
                 he
                 had
                 taken
                 it
                 ,
                 to
                 rase
                 it
                 ,
                 and
                 plough
                 up
                 its
                 very
                 Foundations
                 ,
                 thereby
                 to
                 strike
                 terror
                 into
                 other
                 places
                 which
                 he
                 designed
                 to
                 attack
                 ;
                 from
                 thence
                 he
                 march'd
                 to
                 Revan
                 ,
                 where
                 the
                 Governor
                 brought
                 him
                 the
                 Keys
                 ,
                 and
                 came
                 over
                 to
                 his
                 side
                 .
                 Being
                 thus
                 possessed
                 of
                 this
                 place
                 ,
                 he
                 turned
                 all
                 his
                 Forces
                 against
                 Babylon
                 ,
                 which
                 he
                 besieged
                 and
                 plied
                 so
                 furiously
                 that
                 at
                 two
                 and
                 fifty
                 days
                 end
                 ,
                 he
                 carried
                 it
                 ,
                 after
                 four
                 of
                 the
                 bloudiest
                 Assaults
                 
                 that
                 were
                 ever
                 made
                 .
                 The
                 Pillage
                 of
                 it
                 he
                 bestowed
                 on
                 his
                 Souldiers
                 ,
                 commanding
                 them
                 to
                 put
                 all
                 to
                 the
                 Sword
                 without
                 regard
                 of
                 Age
                 ,
                 or
                 Sex.
                 Not
                 satisfied
                 with
                 this
                 advantage
                 ,
                 he
                 extended
                 his
                 Conquests
                 over
                 divers
                 Provinces
                 ,
                 wasting
                 all
                 the
                 Country
                 through
                 which
                 he
                 past
                 ,
                 and
                 nothing
                 being
                 able
                 to
                 satiate
                 his
                 desire
                 of
                 revenge
                 but
                 the
                 defeat
                 of
                 the
                 Sophy
                 ,
                 he
                 staid
                 not
                 to
                 attend
                 his
                 coming
                 ,
                 but
                 advanc'd
                 to
                 find
                 him
                 out
                 ,
                 and
                 offer
                 him
                 Battle
                 ;
                 which
                 the
                 Persian
                 Monarch
                 thought
                 not
                 fit
                 to
                 hazard
                 against
                 the
                 Victorious
                 Ottoman
                 ,
                 but
                 retreated
                 to
                 the
                 remotest
                 Mountains
                 of
                 his
                 Empire
                 :
                 from
                 whence
                 ,
                 the
                 
                   Grand
                   Signior
                
                 ,
                 seeing
                 he
                 could
                 not
                 draw
                 him
                 by
                 open
                 force
                 ,
                 he
                 resolved
                 to
                 send
                 him
                 a
                 challenge
                 ,
                 by
                 which
                 he
                 let
                 him
                 know
                 ,
                 that
                 setting
                 apart
                 the
                 consideration
                 of
                 those
                 great
                 advantages
                 he
                 might
                 certainly
                 promise
                 himself
                 from
                 so
                 powerful
                 an
                 Army
                 ,
                 (
                 which
                 was
                 sufficient
                 to
                 subdue
                 all
                 Persia
                 ,
                 )
                 he
                 was
                 ready
                 by
                 a
                 private
                 Combate
                 to
                 terminate
                 their
                 antient
                 quarrel
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 War
                 which
                 had
                 so
                 long
                 ingaged
                 both
                 
                 Nations
                 .
                 The
                 Sophy
                 to
                 free
                 himself
                 from
                 the
                 Obligation
                 of
                 answering
                 it
                 ,
                 made
                 as
                 if
                 he
                 had
                 not
                 received
                 this
                 challenge
                 ;
                 and
                 dispatched
                 a
                 Cham
                 or
                 Persian
                 Prince
                 ,
                 to
                 make
                 overtures
                 of
                 Peace
                 to
                 Amurath
                 :
                 Who
                 perceiving
                 his
                 Troops
                 to
                 be
                 much
                 harrassed
                 ,
                 to
                 give
                 them
                 some
                 repose
                 ,
                 consented
                 to
                 interrupt
                 the
                 course
                 of
                 his
                 Victories
                 ,
                 and
                 hearkned
                 to
                 the
                 Propositions
                 of
                 the
                 Sophy
                 ,
                 leaving
                 his
                 
                   Grand
                   Visier
                
                 behind
                 him
                 to
                 conclude
                 the
                 Peace
                 ,
                 whilest
                 he
                 himself
                 retired
                 to
                 Damas
                 :
                 where
                 ,
                 till
                 the
                 season
                 was
                 fit
                 to
                 return
                 into
                 Europe
                 ,
                 he
                 refreshed
                 himself
                 after
                 the
                 ●oils
                 of
                 War
                 ,
                 in
                 the
                 Arms
                 of
                 a
                 charming
                 Persian
                 Lady
                 ,
                 who
                 far
                 out-shined
                 all
                 his
                 other
                 Favorites
                 .
              
               
                 This
                 beautiful
                 Persian
                 ,
                 was
                 Sister
                 to
                 
                   Emir
                   Gumer
                
                 ,
                 who
                 to
                 obtain
                 the
                 
                   Grand
                   Signiors
                
                 Favor
                 ,
                 when
                 he
                 basely
                 surrendered
                 Revan
                 to
                 him
                 ,
                 presented
                 him
                 also
                 with
                 his
                 Sister
                 Rachima
                 .
                 The
                 effect
                 which
                 her
                 Charms
                 had
                 on
                 the
                 Sultans
                 Heart
                 ,
                 made
                 the
                 
                   Sultaness
                   Roxana
                
                 ,
                 who
                 had
                 followed
                 him
                 to
                 the
                 Persian
                 War
                 ,
                 extremely
                 Jealous
                 .
                 This
                 Princess
                 was
                 not
                 wont
                 to
                 suffer
                 
                 a
                 Rival
                 ;
                 her
                 Reign
                 had
                 been
                 long
                 and
                 uncontrolled
                 ,
                 and
                 she
                 had
                 often
                 sent
                 the
                 finest
                 Women
                 in
                 the
                 Seraglio
                 into
                 the
                 other
                 World
                 ,
                 so
                 soon
                 as
                 she
                 was
                 informed
                 that
                 they
                 indeavoured
                 to
                 seduce
                 her
                 Gallant
                 .
                 Amurath
                 being
                 acquainted
                 with
                 ,
                 and
                 fearing
                 her
                 humor
                 ,
                 to
                 prevent
                 her
                 resentment
                 ,
                 and
                 free
                 himself
                 from
                 her
                 importunate
                 Jealousie
                 ,
                 sent
                 her
                 away
                 before
                 him
                 to
                 Constantinople
                 ;
                 where
                 all
                 the
                 extraordinary
                 Honors
                 that
                 were
                 paid
                 her
                 ,
                 were
                 not
                 sufficient
                 to
                 ballance
                 her
                 vexation
                 for
                 being
                 supplanted
                 by
                 another
                 ;
                 but
                 not
                 being
                 able
                 to
                 revenge
                 her self
                 on
                 her
                 Rival
                 ,
                 she
                 resolved
                 to
                 fall
                 upon
                 those
                 who
                 rejoyced
                 at
                 her
                 disgrace
                 .
                 Her
                 Jealousie
                 ,
                 and
                 cruelty
                 made
                 her
                 formidable
                 to
                 all
                 the
                 World
                 ;
                 but
                 none
                 had
                 more
                 reason
                 to
                 mistrust
                 her
                 than
                 the
                 
                   Grand
                   Signiors
                
                 Brothers
                 
                   Bajazet
                   ,
                   Orcan
                
                 ,
                 and
                 Ibrahim
                 ,
                 the
                 two
                 first
                 ,
                 (
                 whose
                 Valor
                 equall'd
                 their
                 Birth
                 )
                 were
                 tired
                 with
                 her
                 persecutions
                 :
                 they
                 knew
                 her
                 to
                 be
                 the
                 cause
                 that
                 their
                 Brother
                 kept
                 them
                 in
                 Prison
                 ,
                 and
                 how
                 she
                 had
                 done
                 her
                 utmost
                 to
                 destroy
                 them
                 ,
                 that
                 none
                 
                 might
                 remain
                 to
                 dispute
                 the
                 Empire
                 with
                 her
                 own
                 Son.
                 The
                 fear
                 of
                 death
                 which
                 threatned
                 them
                 ,
                 had
                 hitherto
                 kept
                 them
                 from
                 shewing
                 themselves
                 justly
                 sensible
                 of
                 the
                 wrongs
                 which
                 the
                 
                   Sultana
                   Valide
                
                 their
                 Mother
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Princesses
                 their
                 Sisters
                 had
                 suffered
                 at
                 her
                 hands
                 ;
                 but
                 having
                 learnt
                 that
                 she
                 had
                 lost
                 much
                 of
                 Amuraths
                 esteem
                 ,
                 they
                 laid
                 aside
                 their
                 former
                 moderation
                 ,
                 and
                 began
                 openly
                 to
                 complain
                 of
                 Roxana
                 ;
                 who
                 was
                 so
                 inraged
                 at
                 it
                 ,
                 that
                 she
                 vow'd
                 their
                 ruin
                 ,
                 to
                 let
                 her
                 Enemies
                 see
                 that
                 her
                 Authority
                 was
                 not
                 at
                 all
                 diminished
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 none
                 should
                 go
                 unpunished
                 who
                 offended
                 her
                 ,
                 nothing
                 was
                 left
                 undone
                 that
                 might
                 conduce
                 to
                 the
                 accomplishment
                 of
                 her
                 design
                 .
                 By
                 fair
                 promises
                 she
                 gained
                 the
                 Caimacan
                 or
                 Lieutenant
                 to
                 the
                 
                   Grand
                   Visier
                
                 ,
                 (
                 to
                 whom
                 the
                 Sultan
                 had
                 left
                 the
                 charge
                 of
                 his
                 two
                 Brothers
                 ,
                 )
                 to
                 act
                 without
                 acquainting
                 Amurath
                 ,
                 left
                 that
                 should
                 discover
                 her
                 Treason
                 .
                 She
                 counterfeited
                 Letters
                 which
                 assured
                 him
                 that
                 these
                 Princes
                 had
                 intelligence
                 with
                 their
                 Brothers
                 Enemies
                 ,
                 and
                 after
                 she
                 had
                 
                 prepared
                 all
                 things
                 necessary
                 to
                 justifie
                 what
                 she
                 was
                 about
                 to
                 do
                 ,
                 she
                 produced
                 a
                 false
                 Order
                 of
                 the
                 Sultans
                 ,
                 and
                 was
                 so
                 cruel
                 as
                 to
                 go
                 herself
                 (
                 attended
                 by
                 the
                 Executioners
                 ,
                 )
                 to
                 tell
                 the
                 unfortunate
                 Princes
                 that
                 she
                 sacrificed
                 them
                 to
                 her
                 own
                 hatred
                 rather
                 than
                 to
                 the
                 interest
                 of
                 
                   Amurath
                   .
                   Bajazet
                
                 after
                 he
                 had
                 reproached
                 her
                 with
                 all
                 her
                 crimes
                 ,
                 and
                 given
                 her
                 thanks
                 for
                 taking
                 away
                 that
                 life
                 which
                 he
                 could
                 not
                 imploy
                 in
                 destroying
                 her
                 ,
                 submitted
                 to
                 the
                 Mutes
                 who
                 came
                 to
                 strangle
                 him
                 .
                 Orcan
                 was
                 not
                 so
                 patient
                 ;
                 for
                 without
                 upbraiding
                 her
                 ,
                 he
                 stood
                 upon
                 his
                 Guard
                 ,
                 and
                 having
                 slain
                 two
                 ,
                 disabled
                 two
                 more
                 from
                 having
                 any
                 hand
                 in
                 his
                 death
                 ,
                 which
                 he
                 was
                 forced
                 to
                 undergo
                 at
                 last
                 as
                 well
                 as
                 his
                 Brother
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Murder
                 of
                 these
                 two
                 Princes
                 caused
                 an
                 universal
                 sorrow
                 ,
                 and
                 consternation
                 ;
                 their
                 Courage
                 had
                 given
                 the
                 World
                 great
                 hopes
                 ,
                 and
                 their
                 death
                 so
                 inflamed
                 the
                 People
                 against
                 the
                 Sultana
                 ,
                 that
                 had
                 not
                 the
                 
                   Grand
                   Signior
                
                 arrived
                 ,
                 they
                 had
                 torn
                 her
                 out
                 of
                 the
                 Seraglio
                 ,
                 and
                 made
                 her
                 a
                 
                 victim
                 to
                 the
                 Public
                 hate
                 .
                 Amurath
                 was
                 received
                 in
                 Triumph
                 ,
                 with
                 more
                 magnificence
                 than
                 was
                 ever
                 afforded
                 any
                 of
                 his
                 Predecessors
                 ,
                 after
                 their
                 most
                 Signal
                 Victories
                 .
                 He
                 had
                 left
                 Rachima
                 at
                 Damas
                 ,
                 which
                 made
                 Roxana
                 believe
                 that
                 she
                 was
                 not
                 quite
                 blotted
                 out
                 of
                 his
                 Heart
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 she
                 should
                 soon
                 recover
                 her
                 ground
                 .
                 To
                 this
                 end
                 she
                 made
                 it
                 her
                 whole
                 business
                 to
                 appear
                 more
                 charming
                 in
                 his
                 Eyes
                 ,
                 besides
                 she
                 brought
                 him
                 to
                 thank
                 her
                 for
                 the
                 death
                 of
                 his
                 Brothers
                 ,
                 as
                 an
                 extraordinary
                 service
                 ,
                 by
                 which
                 she
                 had
                 diverted
                 the
                 dangers
                 that
                 threatened
                 his
                 Person
                 ,
                 and
                 Empire
                 .
                 She
                 had
                 indeed
                 a
                 greater
                 Ascendent
                 over
                 Amurath
                 than
                 she
                 could
                 hope
                 for
                 ,
                 and
                 found
                 it
                 no
                 difficult
                 matter
                 ,
                 to
                 rekindle
                 in
                 him
                 all
                 those
                 flames
                 ,
                 which
                 the
                 fair
                 Rachima
                 seemed
                 to
                 have
                 extinguished
                 .
                 He
                 now
                 heaped
                 new
                 favours
                 on
                 her
                 ,
                 and
                 abandoned
                 himself
                 to
                 such
                 excess
                 of
                 Love
                 ,
                 as
                 proved
                 fatal
                 to
                 one
                 of
                 the
                 Princesses
                 ,
                 his
                 Sister
                 .
                 As
                 she
                 came
                 one
                 day
                 to
                 cast
                 herself
                 at
                 his
                 Feet
                 to
                 complain
                 of
                 Roxanas
                 injurious
                 carriage
                 towards
                 
                 her
                 ,
                 and
                 of
                 the
                 unjust
                 death
                 of
                 her
                 two
                 Brothers
                 ,
                 he
                 was
                 so
                 inraged
                 at
                 her
                 ,
                 that
                 with
                 a
                 Battle-ax
                 which
                 he
                 held
                 in
                 his
                 hand
                 ,
                 he
                 gave
                 her
                 a
                 blow
                 on
                 the
                 head
                 ,
                 of
                 which
                 the
                 Young
                 Princess
                 died
                 on
                 the
                 place
                 .
                 Roxanas
                 hatred
                 was
                 not
                 satisfied
                 with
                 this
                 Murther
                 ,
                 she
                 would
                 have
                 added
                 that
                 of
                 the
                 
                   Grand
                   Visiers
                   Achomat
                
                 ,
                 because
                 he
                 was
                 of
                 the
                 
                   Sultana
                   Valides
                
                 party
                 ,
                 of
                 whose
                 Authority
                 she
                 was
                 Jealous
                 .
                 Besides
                 the
                 intention
                 she
                 had
                 of
                 putting
                 the
                 Caimacan
                 who
                 was
                 wholy
                 her
                 creature
                 ,
                 into
                 his
                 place
                 ,
                 she
                 found
                 means
                 to
                 render
                 him
                 criminal
                 ,
                 by
                 accusing
                 him
                 of
                 being
                 acquainted
                 with
                 ,
                 and
                 favouring
                 the
                 designs
                 of
                 the
                 Princes
                 .
                 This
                 was
                 enough
                 to
                 ruin
                 him
                 ,
                 but
                 the
                 fall
                 of
                 this
                 great
                 Favourites
                 head
                 ,
                 made
                 such
                 a
                 noise
                 ,
                 that
                 it
                 awakened
                 all
                 the
                 Grandees
                 of
                 the
                 Empire
                 ;
                 they
                 complained
                 loudly
                 of
                 the
                 injustices
                 which
                 the
                 
                   Great
                   Sultana
                
                 made
                 the
                 Emperor
                 every
                 day
                 commit
                 ;
                 they
                 ript
                 up
                 all
                 the
                 Murders
                 she
                 had
                 been
                 guilty
                 of
                 ,
                 and
                 caused
                 the
                 Mufty
                 in
                 behalf
                 of
                 the
                 Public
                 ,
                 to
                 complain
                 of
                 her
                 to
                 Amurath
                 .
                 He
                 had
                 no
                 sooner
                 
                 begun
                 to
                 acquit
                 himself
                 of
                 his
                 dangerous
                 Commission
                 ,
                 but
                 the
                 
                   Sultana
                   Kiozem
                   Amuraths
                
                 Mother
                 came
                 and
                 presented
                 her self
                 to
                 him
                 ,
                 together
                 with
                 a
                 Slave
                 whom
                 she
                 brought
                 to
                 discover
                 the
                 Plot
                 ,
                 that
                 Roxana
                 had
                 formed
                 against
                 her
                 Life
                 .
                 The
                 Sultan
                 at
                 first
                 would
                 believe
                 nothing
                 ,
                 but
                 the
                 Eunuch
                 whose
                 remorse
                 had
                 made
                 him
                 acquaint
                 the
                 
                   Sultana
                   Valide
                
                 with
                 what
                 was
                 contrived
                 against
                 her
                 ,
                 protested
                 so
                 earnestly
                 that
                 after
                 he
                 had
                 discharged
                 his
                 Conscience
                 of
                 those
                 secrets
                 which
                 filled
                 him
                 with
                 horror
                 ,
                 he
                 was
                 not
                 afraid
                 to
                 die
                 ,
                 that
                 at
                 last
                 Amurath
                 was
                 convinced
                 .
                 Roxana
                 was
                 sent
                 for
                 to
                 answer
                 to
                 the
                 crimes
                 that
                 were
                 laid
                 to
                 her
                 charge
                 ,
                 which
                 she
                 did
                 with
                 so
                 much
                 Pride
                 and
                 Disdain
                 ,
                 that
                 not
                 being
                 able
                 longer
                 to
                 defer
                 her
                 punishment
                 ,
                 by
                 burying
                 his
                 Poynard
                 in
                 her
                 heart
                 ,
                 he
                 endeavoured
                 with
                 his
                 own
                 hand
                 to
                 repair
                 all
                 those
                 ills
                 she
                 had
                 been
                 the
                 cause
                 of
                 .
                 She
                 was
                 three
                 and
                 twenty
                 years
                 old
                 ,
                 and
                 was
                 thought
                 the
                 handsomest
                 woman
                 that
                 ever
                 came
                 into
                 the
                 Seraglio
                 .
                 Her
                 Picture
                 that
                 
                 Amurath
                 ordered
                 to
                 be
                 Drawn
                 in
                 the
                 first
                 transports
                 of
                 his
                 Passion
                 ,
                 which
                 he
                 always
                 kept
                 in
                 his
                 Closet
                 ,
                 shews
                 her
                 to
                 have
                 been
                 an
                 accomplished
                 Beauty
                 .
                 She
                 was
                 tall
                 and
                 well
                 shaped
                 ,
                 her
                 Min
                 was
                 noble
                 ,
                 and
                 her
                 Gate
                 becoming
                 ,
                 her
                 Hair
                 of
                 a
                 fair
                 light
                 Brown
                 ,
                 the
                 turn
                 of
                 her
                 Face
                 was
                 Oval
                 ,
                 her
                 Complexion
                 was
                 very
                 Clear
                 and
                 Smooth
                 ,
                 her
                 Eyes
                 full
                 and
                 sparkling
                 ,
                 her
                 Nose
                 well
                 made
                 ,
                 her
                 Mouth
                 little
                 ,
                 her
                 Lips
                 Vermillion
                 ,
                 her
                 Teeth
                 good
                 and
                 well
                 set
                 ,
                 her
                 Chin
                 was
                 proportion'd
                 to
                 the
                 rest
                 of
                 her
                 Face
                 ,
                 her
                 Neck
                 perfectly
                 well
                 shaped
                 ,
                 with
                 very
                 pretty
                 Hands
                 ,
                 her
                 Physiognomy
                 was
                 promising
                 :
                 There
                 was
                 such
                 an
                 air
                 of
                 Majesty
                 throughout
                 her
                 whole
                 Person
                 ,
                 as
                 drew
                 the
                 admiration
                 of
                 all
                 the
                 World
                 ;
                 but
                 with
                 this
                 she
                 had
                 Vices
                 that
                 rendered
                 her
                 insupportable
                 :
                 she
                 was
                 so
                 cruel
                 as
                 to
                 sacrifice
                 all
                 things
                 to
                 her
                 Ambition
                 and
                 Jealousie
                 ;
                 she
                 delighted
                 in
                 Treachery
                 and
                 Revenge
                 ,
                 and
                 certainly
                 she
                 was
                 the
                 most
                 Proud
                 and
                 Inhuman
                 Princess
                 that
                 ever
                 liv'd
                 .
              
               
               
                 Amurath
                 ,
                 having
                 by
                 the
                 death
                 of
                 this
                 Favourite
                 appeased
                 the
                 murmurs
                 of
                 his
                 People
                 ,
                 resolved
                 to
                 keep
                 himself
                 from
                 being
                 so
                 strongly
                 ingaged
                 for
                 the
                 future
                 ;
                 but
                 all
                 his
                 Passions
                 were
                 violent
                 ;
                 he
                 now
                 wanted
                 imployment
                 ,
                 had
                 no
                 Wars
                 to
                 busie
                 himself
                 in
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 remembrance
                 of
                 his
                 past
                 cruelties
                 stung
                 him
                 continually
                 .
                 Every
                 one
                 endeavoured
                 to
                 drive
                 away
                 his
                 deep
                 melancholly
                 ,
                 which
                 was
                 looked
                 upon
                 as
                 dangerous
                 ,
                 by
                 entertaining
                 him
                 with
                 pleasures
                 and
                 diversions
                 .
                 The
                 Empire
                 never
                 injoyed
                 a
                 greater
                 Calm
                 ,
                 and
                 nothing
                 was
                 thought
                 of
                 in
                 Constantinople
                 but
                 feasting
                 and
                 rejoycing
                 .
                 The
                 
                   Grand
                   Signiors
                
                 Court
                 since
                 the
                 Peace
                 concluded
                 with
                 the
                 Persian
                 ,
                 was
                 crowded
                 with
                 idle
                 Officers
                 ,
                 who
                 waited
                 there
                 in
                 expectation
                 of
                 some
                 recompence
                 for
                 their
                 Services
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Mahomet
                   Coprogli
                   Pacha
                
                 was
                 one
                 of
                 this
                 number
                 ,
                 
                 his
                 Father
                 was
                 named
                 Coprogly
                 ,
                 whom
                 some
                 affirmed
                 to
                 be
                 the
                 Son
                 of
                 a
                 Mariner
                 ,
                 others
                 of
                 a
                 Gentleman
                 ,
                 who
                 by
                 some
                 
                 concerns
                 of
                 his
                 Family
                 ,
                 being
                 obliged
                 to
                 quit
                 France
                 ,
                 and
                 settle
                 himself
                 in
                 Italy
                 ,
                 was
                 in
                 his
                 Voyage
                 thither
                 assaulted
                 ,
                 and
                 slain
                 by
                 a
                 Turkish
                 Pirate
                 ,
                 by
                 whom
                 his
                 Son
                 then
                 about
                 ten
                 or
                 twelve
                 years
                 old
                 ,
                 was
                 made
                 a
                 Slave
                 ,
                 and
                 carried
                 into
                 Cyprus
                 .
                 The
                 
                   Bassa
                   Barac
                   Bey
                
                 ,
                 Governour
                 of
                 this
                 Island
                 ,
                 taking
                 notice
                 of
                 the
                 gallant
                 Spirit
                 of
                 young
                 Coprogli
                 and
                 his
                 inclination
                 to
                 Arms
                 ,
                 Educated
                 him
                 with
                 great
                 care
                 ,
                 and
                 when
                 he
                 went
                 to
                 the
                 Persian
                 War
                 took
                 him
                 along
                 with
                 him
                 ,
                 where
                 he
                 behaved
                 himself
                 so
                 well
                 ,
                 that
                 he
                 obtained
                 a
                 Timariots
                 Place
                 for
                 him
                 of
                 the
                 Emperor
                 Achmet
                 ,
                 and
                 another
                 very
                 considerable
                 charge
                 in
                 the
                 Army
                 ,
                 in
                 which
                 afterwards
                 his
                 Son
                 
                   Mahomet
                   Coprogli
                
                 ,
                 notwithstanding
                 his
                 youth
                 and
                 the
                 contrary
                 custom
                 of
                 the
                 Turks
                 ,
                 succeeded
                 him
                 :
                 He
                 acquitted
                 himself
                 in
                 his
                 imployment
                 with
                 great
                 reputation
                 ,
                 and
                 by
                 his
                 merit
                 and
                 good
                 Min
                 ,
                 advantageously
                 maintained
                 that
                 Credit
                 which
                 his
                 Valor
                 had
                 gained
                 in
                 the
                 War.
                 Though
                 he
                 had
                 been
                 all
                 his
                 Life
                 time
                 in
                 the
                 Camp
                 ,
                 yet
                 he
                 had
                 contracted
                 
                 none
                 of
                 that
                 Rudeness
                 and
                 Barbarity
                 which
                 is
                 commonly
                 apparent
                 in
                 the
                 Carriage
                 and
                 Manners
                 of
                 Souldiers
                 ;
                 but
                 was
                 as
                 refined
                 ,
                 as
                 if
                 he
                 had
                 never
                 been
                 absent
                 from
                 the
                 Court
                 ,
                 whose
                 Maxims
                 he
                 was
                 perfectly
                 acquainted
                 with
                 ,
                 and
                 was
                 a
                 better
                 Politician
                 than
                 those
                 that
                 sate
                 at
                 the
                 Helm
                 .
                 This
                 made
                 him
                 bethink
                 himself
                 of
                 getting
                 some
                 powerful
                 Patron
                 who
                 might
                 advance
                 him
                 in
                 the
                 
                   Grand
                   Signiors
                
                 Favor
                 ,
                 not
                 being
                 ignorant
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 most
                 deserving
                 Courtiers
                 make
                 no
                 Progress
                 without
                 such
                 a
                 Protector
                 at
                 their
                 Masters
                 Elbow
                 .
                 His
                 insinuation
                 and
                 good
                 humor
                 soon
                 gained
                 him
                 the
                 esteem
                 ,
                 and
                 friendship
                 of
                 the
                 great
                 men
                 ;
                 more
                 particularly
                 of
                 the
                 
                   Kisler
                   Agasi
                
                 named
                 Vglan
                 Chief
                 of
                 the
                 Eunuchs
                 in
                 the
                 Seraglio
                 ,
                 and
                 Prime
                 Minister
                 and
                 Confident
                 of
                 the
                 
                   Grand
                   Signiors
                
                 secret
                 Pleasures
                 .
                 This
                 Eunuch
                 was
                 so
                 favorable
                 to
                 
                   Mahomet
                   Coprogli
                
                 ,
                 that
                 he
                 promised
                 to
                 second
                 him
                 in
                 all
                 occasions
                 that
                 might
                 serve
                 to
                 raise
                 his
                 Fortune
                 .
                 He
                 was
                 a
                 man
                 of
                 great
                 address
                 ,
                 had
                 long
                 
                 experience
                 in
                 all
                 the
                 Intrigues
                 of
                 the
                 Court
                 in
                 which
                 he
                 was
                 grown
                 old
                 ,
                 and
                 had
                 obtained
                 this
                 honorable
                 Station
                 by
                 extraordinary
                 Merit
                 .
                 From
                 him
                 
                   Mahomet
                   Coprogli
                
                 received
                 Precepts
                 how
                 to
                 behave
                 himself
                 ,
                 which
                 were
                 very
                 serviceable
                 in
                 the
                 raifing
                 him
                 to
                 that
                 preferment
                 which
                 he
                 soon
                 after
                 arrived
                 to
                 .
                 He
                 discovered
                 to
                 him
                 the
                 most
                 secret
                 privacies
                 of
                 the
                 Seraglio
                 and
                 the
                 Court
                 ;
                 instructed
                 him
                 in
                 the
                 humor
                 and
                 inclinations
                 of
                 the
                 Emperor
                 ,
                 and
                 told
                 him
                 the
                 best
                 means
                 to
                 obtain
                 his
                 good
                 Graces
                 ,
                 concealing
                 nothing
                 which
                 might
                 perfectly
                 instruct
                 him
                 in
                 all
                 the
                 interests
                 of
                 the
                 Great
                 Families
                 of
                 the
                 Empire
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 
                   Grand
                   Signiors
                
                 Favorites
                 .
                 Coprogli
                 knew
                 well
                 enough
                 how
                 to
                 make
                 his
                 advantage
                 of
                 the
                 informations
                 of
                 this
                 crafty
                 Aga.
                 He
                 began
                 to
                 put
                 them
                 in
                 practice
                 by
                 compliance
                 and
                 submission
                 to
                 the
                 Bassas
                 ,
                 and
                 all
                 those
                 who
                 were
                 near
                 the
                 Sultan
                 .
                 He
                 was
                 ever
                 of
                 the
                 number
                 of
                 those
                 with
                 whom
                 the
                 Emperor
                 diverted
                 himself
                 ;
                 the
                 desire
                 he
                 had
                 to
                 please
                 him
                 made
                 him
                 use
                 
                 a
                 thousand
                 little
                 arts
                 ,
                 and
                 he
                 proved
                 so
                 successful
                 ,
                 that
                 Amurath
                 began
                 to
                 distinguish
                 him
                 from
                 the
                 crowd
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 look
                 kindly
                 upon
                 him
                 ;
                 which
                 soon
                 made
                 the
                 Courtiers
                 jealous
                 of
                 him
                 .
                 Envy
                 is
                 a
                 Vice
                 inseparable
                 from
                 the
                 Favor
                 of
                 Princes
                 ,
                 rendering
                 those
                 hated
                 whom
                 they
                 honor
                 with
                 their
                 Friendship
                 .
                 Coprogli
                 quickly
                 found
                 the
                 truth
                 of
                 this
                 :
                 Those
                 whose
                 esteem
                 he
                 had
                 purchased
                 by
                 his
                 Civility
                 ,
                 and
                 obliging
                 conversation
                 before
                 he
                 was
                 known
                 to
                 the
                 Sultan
                 ,
                 no
                 sooner
                 perceived
                 the
                 good
                 reception
                 he
                 met
                 with
                 ,
                 but
                 they
                 openly
                 declared
                 themselves
                 his
                 Enemies
                 ,
                 and
                 endeavoured
                 all
                 they
                 could
                 to
                 overthrow
                 the
                 Foundation
                 of
                 his
                 growing
                 Fortune
                 :
                 but
                 he
                 having
                 foreseen
                 this
                 alteration
                 ,
                 had
                 armed
                 himself
                 with
                 Constancy
                 against
                 their
                 persecutions
                 .
                 He
                 behaved
                 himself
                 so
                 wisely
                 ,
                 that
                 Envy
                 herself
                 had
                 nothing
                 to
                 charge
                 him
                 withal
                 ,
                 yet
                 though
                 he
                 was
                 prudent
                 enough
                 to
                 avoid
                 all
                 the
                 traps
                 the
                 Courtiers
                 laid
                 for
                 him
                 ,
                 he
                 could
                 not
                 preserve
                 himself
                 from
                 falling
                 into
                 the
                 very
                 
                 first
                 snares
                 of
                 Love.
                 One
                 day
                 Amurath
                 having
                 (
                 as
                 he
                 was
                 often
                 wont
                 to
                 do
                 )
                 made
                 a
                 debauch
                 with
                 his
                 principal
                 Favourites
                 ,
                 he
                 took
                 a
                 fancy
                 to
                 walk
                 in
                 the
                 Gardens
                 of
                 the
                 Seraglio
                 ,
                 and
                 as
                 an
                 extraordinary
                 favour
                 to
                 let
                 them
                 go
                 in
                 along
                 with
                 him
                 .
                 When
                 the
                 Sultan
                 walks
                 in
                 these
                 Gardens
                 ,
                 it
                 is
                 ordinarily
                 with
                 a
                 design
                 to
                 favour
                 some
                 Sultana
                 ;
                 and
                 when
                 he
                 passes
                 by
                 the
                 Ladies
                 apartment
                 ,
                 they
                 use
                 to
                 throw
                 Flowers
                 to
                 him
                 ,
                 and
                 send
                 him
                 Fruits
                 ,
                 and
                 Works
                 of
                 their
                 own
                 making
                 ,
                 to
                 deserve
                 his
                 kindness
                 .
                 They
                 send
                 these
                 Presents
                 commonly
                 by
                 young
                 Slaves
                 ,
                 or
                 Odalisques
                 ,
                 who
                 forget
                 not
                 to
                 inform
                 him
                 of
                 their
                 Mistresses
                 Name
                 and
                 Beauty
                 .
                 Amurath
                 chose
                 to
                 walk
                 in
                 a
                 Terrass
                 ,
                 which
                 ran
                 along
                 by
                 the
                 Seraglio
                 of
                 the
                 
                 Sultana's
                 ,
                 and
                 ended
                 in
                 a
                 Cabinet
                 that
                 looked
                 on
                 the
                 Sea.
                 This
                 place
                 he
                 had
                 built
                 at
                 his
                 return
                 from
                 the
                 Persian
                 War
                 ,
                 to
                 riot
                 in
                 with
                 the
                 more
                 freedom
                 .
                 Hither
                 he
                 often
                 came
                 with
                 his
                 Mignions
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 Persian
                 Lord
                 Gumer
                 ,
                 who
                 to
                 avoid
                 the
                 punishment
                 due
                 to
                 his
                 Treason
                 ,
                 had
                 followed
                 him
                 to
                 
                 Constantinople
                 .
                 This
                 man
                 was
                 one
                 of
                 the
                 most
                 exquisite
                 debauchées
                 of
                 his
                 time
                 ;
                 he
                 had
                 found
                 the
                 way
                 to
                 gain
                 the
                 Grand
                 Signior's
                 affection
                 ,
                 by
                 teaching
                 him
                 to
                 drink
                 Wine
                 ,
                 and
                 a
                 thousand
                 other
                 excesses
                 not
                 fit
                 to
                 be
                 named
                 .
                 He
                 entertained
                 and
                 discoursed
                 with
                 the
                 Sultan
                 ,
                 while
                 he
                 passed
                 under
                 the
                 Balconies
                 ,
                 where
                 he
                 saw
                 several
                 
                 Sultana's
                 .
                 It
                 may
                 be
                 the
                 good
                 humour
                 he
                 was
                 then
                 in
                 made
                 him
                 go
                 by
                 them
                 ,
                 to
                 shew
                 them
                 to
                 his
                 Favourites
                 ;
                 or
                 perhaps
                 ,
                 not
                 having
                 had
                 any
                 commerce
                 with
                 the
                 Ladies
                 since
                 the
                 death
                 of
                 Roxana
                 ,
                 he
                 began
                 to
                 be
                 weary
                 of
                 living
                 so
                 reserved
                 from
                 the
                 fair
                 Sex
                 ,
                 and
                 had
                 a
                 mind
                 to
                 let
                 the
                 Sultanas
                 know
                 ,
                 that
                 he
                 had
                 not
                 resolved
                 to
                 deprive
                 himself
                 for
                 ever
                 of
                 those
                 sweets
                 which
                 he
                 might
                 taste
                 in
                 their
                 company
                 .
                 Whatever
                 it
                 was
                 ,
                 he
                 was
                 not
                 displeased
                 to
                 see
                 himself
                 accosted
                 by
                 a
                 young
                 slave
                 ,
                 who
                 presented
                 him
                 with
                 a
                 basket
                 of
                 Fruit
                 from
                 a
                 fair
                 one
                 he
                 had
                 not
                 yet
                 seen
                 .
                 This
                 message
                 did
                 no
                 less
                 surprise
                 him
                 than
                 the
                 Fruits
                 ,
                 which
                 were
                 some
                 of
                 them
                 natural
                 ,
                 others
                 artificial
                 ;
                 so
                 well
                 counterfeited
                 ,
                 
                 that
                 they
                 were
                 hard
                 to
                 be
                 distinguished
                 .
                 While
                 Amurath
                 was
                 busied
                 in
                 choosing
                 the
                 Fruit
                 ,
                 
                   Mahomet
                   Coprogli
                
                 who
                 stood
                 behind
                 him
                 ,
                 was
                 considering
                 the
                 beauty
                 of
                 the
                 slave
                 who
                 brought
                 it
                 :
                 he
                 was
                 naturally
                 more
                 gallant
                 than
                 ordinarily
                 those
                 of
                 his
                 Nation
                 are
                 ,
                 and
                 seeing
                 the
                 Sultan
                 taken
                 up
                 with
                 the
                 admiration
                 of
                 the
                 Fruits
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Courtiers
                 earnestly
                 commending
                 the
                 Lady
                 who
                 sent
                 them
                 ,
                 he
                 thought
                 he
                 had
                 a
                 fit
                 opportunity
                 to
                 let
                 the
                 young
                 slave
                 know
                 what
                 he
                 thought
                 of
                 her
                 beauty
                 .
                 But
                 he
                 not
                 being
                 the
                 only
                 man
                 in
                 the
                 company
                 who
                 had
                 discerning
                 eyes
                 ,
                 the
                 charms
                 of
                 Fatima
                 (
                 so
                 was
                 the
                 young
                 Odalisque
                 called
                 )
                 had
                 made
                 an
                 impression
                 on
                 more
                 hearts
                 than
                 his
                 .
                 He
                 had
                 hardly
                 time
                 to
                 speak
                 some
                 few
                 words
                 to
                 her
                 ,
                 but
                 ,
                 he
                 was
                 interrupted
                 by
                 
                   Zelim
                   Achmet
                
                 ,
                 one
                 of
                 the
                 
                   Grand
                   Signiors
                
                 Favourites
                 .
                 This
                 impatient
                 fierce
                 man
                 addressed
                 himself
                 to
                 Fatima
                 more
                 calmly
                 then
                 was
                 otherwise
                 natural
                 to
                 him
                 ,
                 and
                 seeing
                 her
                 eyes
                 fixed
                 on
                 Coprogli
                 ,
                 whose
                 expressions
                 without
                 doubt
                 she
                 was
                 not
                 
                 displeased
                 to
                 hear
                 ,
                 he
                 could
                 not
                 hinder
                 himself
                 from
                 shewing
                 his
                 distaste
                 ,
                 and
                 looking
                 scornfully
                 on
                 a
                 man
                 whom
                 he
                 already
                 apprehended
                 as
                 his
                 Rival
                 .
                 The
                 presence
                 of
                 the
                 
                   Grand
                   Signior
                
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 consideration
                 of
                 the
                 place
                 where
                 he
                 was
                 ,
                 kept
                 
                   Mahomet
                   Coprogli
                
                 from
                 answering
                 the
                 fierceness
                 of
                 
                   Zelim
                   Achmet
                
                 with
                 actions
                 ,
                 and
                 looks
                 as
                 disdainful
                 as
                 his
                 own
                 .
                 Respect
                 at
                 present
                 mastered
                 his
                 resentment
                 ,
                 which
                 would
                 have
                 broke
                 out
                 in
                 another
                 place
                 ,
                 notwithstanding
                 the
                 splendid
                 fortune
                 of
                 this
                 Favourite
                 .
                 However
                 to
                 revenge
                 himself
                 in
                 some
                 sort
                 he
                 kept
                 as
                 near
                 Fatime
                 as
                 he
                 could
                 ,
                 to
                 hinder
                 Zelim
                 from
                 having
                 an
                 opportunity
                 of
                 declaring
                 his
                 passion
                 to
                 her
                 .
                 The
                 difficulty
                 of
                 seeing
                 women
                 in
                 Turky
                 ,
                 and
                 above
                 all
                 ,
                 those
                 who
                 are
                 shut
                 up
                 in
                 the
                 Seraglio
                 ,
                 causes
                 Love
                 not
                 to
                 be
                 so
                 tedious
                 there
                 as
                 in
                 other
                 places
                 where
                 one
                 must
                 sigh
                 a
                 long
                 time
                 before
                 one
                 can
                 make
                 a
                 formal
                 discovery
                 of
                 it
                 .
                 Therefore
                 
                   Zelim
                   Achmet
                
                 for
                 fear
                 of
                 wanting
                 another
                 opportunity
                 ,
                 thought
                 it
                 not
                 fit
                 any
                 longer
                 to
                 delay
                 speaking
                 to
                 Fatima
                 :
                 
                   Fair
                   
                   Odalisque
                   ,
                   said
                   he
                   to
                   her
                   ,
                   if
                   your
                   heart
                   be
                   as
                   cruel
                   as
                   your
                   face
                   is
                   charming
                   ,
                   the
                   sight
                   of
                   you
                   would
                   make
                   me
                   despair
                   ,
                   not
                   being
                   able
                   to
                   look
                   on
                   you
                   without
                   loving
                   you
                   ,
                   or
                   love
                   you
                   without
                   a
                   desire
                   to
                   please
                   you
                   .
                
                 
                   Mahomet
                   Coprogli
                
                 could
                 not
                 hear
                 this
                 declaration
                 without
                 regret
                 .
                 He
                 cast
                 his
                 eyes
                 languishingly
                 on
                 Fatima
                 ,
                 who
                 at
                 the
                 same
                 time
                 turning
                 hers
                 towards
                 him
                 ,
                 could
                 not
                 help
                 letting
                 him
                 perceive
                 that
                 his
                 complement
                 had
                 touched
                 her
                 more
                 sensibly
                 than
                 that
                 of
                 Zelim
                 ;
                 and
                 she
                 had
                 already
                 opened
                 her
                 mouth
                 ,
                 to
                 give
                 him
                 doubtless
                 a
                 favourable
                 answer
                 ,
                 when
                 the
                 Emperour
                 ,
                 who
                 heard
                 them
                 speaking
                 behind
                 him
                 ,
                 turned
                 about
                 to
                 mingle
                 in
                 the
                 conversation
                 ;
                 the
                 subject
                 of
                 which
                 he
                 soon
                 found
                 out
                 by
                 looking
                 on
                 the
                 young
                 Odalisque
                 ,
                 and
                 considering
                 her
                 face
                 more
                 attentively
                 than
                 he
                 had
                 done
                 before
                 .
              
               
                 Amurath
                 ,
                 who
                 setting
                 a
                 side
                 his
                 cruelty
                 and
                 avarice
                 ,
                 had
                 all
                 the
                 excellent
                 qualities
                 that
                 can
                 be
                 desired
                 in
                 a
                 Prince
                 ,
                 was
                 also
                 infinitely
                 gallant
                 ;
                 he
                 continued
                 the
                 good
                 humour
                 he
                 was
                 
                 in
                 ,
                 that
                 he
                 might
                 not
                 interrupt
                 the
                 conversation
                 of
                 Zelim
                 and
                 Coprogli
                 with
                 Fatima
                 .
                 
                   For
                   all
                   that
                   I
                   see
                   ,
                   (
                   said
                   he
                   to
                   the
                   two
                   Courtiers
                   )
                   your
                   judgment
                   is
                   very
                   good
                   ,
                   and
                   I
                   cannot
                   blame
                   you
                   for
                   being
                   so
                   earnest
                   to
                   gain
                   the
                   friendship
                   of
                   this
                   lovely
                   Odalisque
                   .
                   I
                   my self
                   ,
                   continued
                   he
                   laughing
                   ,
                   am
                   beholding
                   to
                   your
                   gallantry
                   for
                   having
                   made
                   me
                   take
                   notice
                   of
                   her
                   merit
                   ;
                   but
                   were
                   you
                   not
                   disputing
                   with
                   her
                   to
                   know
                   whether
                   her
                   Mistresses
                   beauty
                   equals
                   hers
                   ?
                   I
                   'le
                   clear
                   that
                   doubt
                   to
                   day
                   ,
                   added
                   he
                   ,
                   addressing
                   himself
                   to
                   Fatima
                   ,
                   and
                   I
                   will
                   see
                   if
                   the
                   fair
                   unknown
                   who
                   sent
                   you
                   hither
                   ,
                   has
                   charms
                   enough
                   of
                   her
                   own
                   ,
                   not
                   to
                   mistrust
                   yours
                   .
                
                 The
                 young
                 Slave
                 answered
                 what
                 he
                 said
                 with
                 so
                 much
                 wit
                 ,
                 that
                 he
                 was
                 wholly
                 ravished
                 :
                 but
                 the
                 joy
                 that
                 he
                 shewed
                 ,
                 exceedingly
                 disturbed
                 Zelim
                 ,
                 and
                 Coprogli
                 ,
                 who
                 began
                 to
                 be
                 Rivals
                 ,
                 and
                 already
                 looked
                 on
                 one
                 another
                 as
                 such
                 .
                 They
                 fear'd
                 lest
                 the
                 
                   Grand
                   Signior
                
                 should
                 rob
                 them
                 of
                 Fatima
                 ,
                 otherwise
                 they
                 might
                 reasonably
                 enough
                 pretend
                 to
                 her
                 ,
                 as
                 
                 being
                 one
                 of
                 those
                 slaves
                 that
                 wait
                 on
                 the
                 Sultanas
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 are
                 ordinarily
                 matched
                 to
                 the
                 great
                 ones
                 of
                 the
                 Port
                 ,
                 who
                 marry
                 them
                 that
                 they
                 may
                 gain
                 the
                 favour
                 of
                 the
                 
                   Sultanas
                   .
                   Mahomet
                   Coprogli
                
                 was
                 deserving
                 enough
                 to
                 obtain
                 Fatima
                 ,
                 but
                 the
                 power
                 of
                 
                   Zelim
                   Achmet
                
                 made
                 him
                 despair
                 ;
                 he
                 knew
                 his
                 love
                 ,
                 and
                 fear'd
                 ,
                 not
                 without
                 good
                 reason
                 ,
                 lest
                 he
                 should
                 make
                 use
                 of
                 his
                 credit
                 with
                 the
                 Sultan
                 ,
                 to
                 deprive
                 him
                 of
                 his
                 Mistress
                 :
                 so
                 that
                 jealousie
                 and
                 fear
                 seized
                 on
                 his
                 soul
                 almost
                 as
                 soon
                 as
                 love
                 ,
                 The
                 confusion
                 he
                 was
                 in
                 made
                 him
                 resolve
                 to
                 discover
                 his
                 passion
                 to
                 the
                 great
                 Eunuch
                 ,
                 and
                 implore
                 his
                 assistance
                 ,
                 who
                 promised
                 him
                 to
                 have
                 a
                 care
                 of
                 his
                 interests
                 as
                 well
                 with
                 his
                 Master
                 ,
                 as
                 his
                 Mistress
                 ,
                 and
                 was
                 as
                 good
                 as
                 his
                 word
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 
                   Sultana
                   Valide
                
                 ,
                 Amurath's
                 Mother
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 
                   Kislar
                   Agasi
                
                 who
                 were
                 the
                 two
                 powerfullest
                 persons
                 in
                 the
                 Seraglio
                 ,
                 were
                 very
                 good
                 friends
                 ever
                 since
                 the
                 death
                 of
                 cruel
                 Roxana
                 .
                 They
                 had
                 plotted
                 between
                 them
                 to
                 furnish
                 the
                 Sultan
                 with
                 a
                 new
                 Favourite
                 ,
                 who
                 being
                 beholden
                 to
                 them
                 for
                 
                 her
                 greatness
                 ,
                 should
                 be
                 obliged
                 to
                 espouse
                 all
                 their
                 interests
                 .
                 The
                 Eunuch
                 Vglan
                 had
                 undertaken
                 to
                 choose
                 a
                 fair
                 one
                 that
                 should
                 be
                 proper
                 for
                 their
                 design
                 ;
                 he
                 had
                 cast
                 his
                 eyes
                 on
                 Zaime
                 ,
                 a
                 young
                 woman
                 that
                 came
                 to
                 the
                 Seraglio
                 in
                 the
                 absence
                 of
                 Amurath
                 ,
                 she
                 was
                 recommended
                 to
                 him
                 by
                 the
                 Bassa
                 of
                 the
                 Sea
                 ,
                 who
                 had
                 taken
                 her
                 away
                 upon
                 the
                 Coasts
                 of
                 Circassia
                 .
                 Her
                 beauty
                 and
                 her
                 wit
                 render'd
                 her
                 worthy
                 of
                 the
                 place
                 she
                 was
                 destin'd
                 to
                 ;
                 and
                 Nature
                 had
                 made
                 her
                 so
                 surprising
                 that
                 she
                 needed
                 no
                 body
                 to
                 speak
                 in
                 her
                 behalf
                 .
                 The
                 
                   Sultana
                   Valide
                
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 
                   Kislar
                   Agasi
                
                 made
                 no
                 question
                 but
                 that
                 she
                 would
                 infinitely
                 please
                 Amurath
                 ;
                 to
                 which
                 end
                 they
                 agreed
                 together
                 what
                 means
                 they
                 should
                 use
                 to
                 captivate
                 the
                 
                   Grand
                   Signiors
                
                 mind
                 ,
                 who
                 seemed
                 to
                 have
                 no
                 more
                 inclination
                 to
                 love
                 .
                 They
                 acquainted
                 Zaime
                 that
                 they
                 intended
                 to
                 make
                 her
                 great
                 Sultana
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 ingage
                 her
                 the
                 more
                 to
                 be
                 greateful
                 ,
                 exaggerated
                 the
                 beauty
                 and
                 merit
                 of
                 many
                 others
                 ,
                 before
                 whom
                 they
                 preferred
                 her
                 .
                 Then
                 they
                 instructed
                 her
                 what
                 
                 she
                 should
                 do
                 to
                 get
                 the
                 
                 Sultan's
                 good
                 opinion
                 ,
                 and
                 perswaded
                 her
                 to
                 send
                 him
                 some
                 of
                 her
                 own
                 Works
                 ,
                 which
                 were
                 done
                 with
                 a
                 great
                 deal
                 of
                 Art
                 ,
                 to
                 make
                 him
                 desire
                 to
                 know
                 her
                 .
                 Zaime
                 waited
                 for
                 an
                 opportunity
                 to
                 execute
                 what
                 they
                 had
                 contrived
                 ,
                 being
                 informed
                 that
                 the
                 Emperor
                 was
                 in
                 the
                 Gardens
                 of
                 the
                 Seraglio
                 .
                 She
                 chose
                 the
                 time
                 when
                 he
                 was
                 walking
                 on
                 the
                 Terrace
                 we
                 spoke
                 of
                 ,
                 to
                 send
                 him
                 her
                 Present
                 ,
                 which
                 she
                 had
                 disposed
                 in
                 little
                 baskets
                 of
                 her
                 own
                 working
                 .
                 She
                 gave
                 this
                 imployment
                 to
                 Fatima
                 ,
                 whom
                 she
                 chiefly
                 esteemed
                 ;
                 but
                 never
                 thought
                 that
                 Amurath
                 would
                 have
                 found
                 her
                 so
                 handsome
                 as
                 to
                 fall
                 in
                 love
                 with
                 her
                 :
                 if
                 she
                 had
                 made
                 this
                 reflection
                 ,
                 she
                 would
                 not
                 have
                 hazarded
                 a
                 conquest
                 ,
                 the
                 whole
                 glory
                 of
                 which
                 she
                 intended
                 to
                 reserve
                 to
                 her self
                 .
                 Truly
                 Zaime
                 had
                 need
                 of
                 all
                 her
                 charms
                 to
                 efface
                 the
                 impression
                 which
                 Fatima
                 had
                 made
                 in
                 the
                 Sultans
                 heart
                 ,
                 whom
                 she
                 wholly
                 possest
                 so
                 at
                 first
                 sight
                 ,
                 that
                 she
                 had
                 no
                 leisure
                 so
                 much
                 as
                 to
                 think
                 of
                 the
                 Odalisque
                 ;
                 and
                 in
                 a
                 short
                 time
                 she
                 rendred
                 her self
                 more
                 
                 absolute
                 over
                 his
                 will
                 ,
                 than
                 ever
                 the
                 crafty
                 Roxana
                 had
                 been
                 ;
                 but
                 she
                 made
                 better
                 use
                 of
                 her
                 power
                 ,
                 and
                 forgot
                 not
                 that
                 she
                 owed
                 it
                 all
                 to
                 the
                 great
                 Eunuch
                 ,
                 being
                 impatient
                 till
                 she
                 had
                 testified
                 her
                 acknowledgments
                 to
                 him
                 ,
                 when
                 he
                 came
                 to
                 recommend
                 the
                 interests
                 of
                 
                   Mahomet
                   Coprogli
                
                 to
                 her
                 ,
                 desiring
                 her
                 to
                 beg
                 the
                 Government
                 of
                 Baruth
                 for
                 him
                 of
                 the
                 Emperour
                 .
              
               
                 This
                 Government
                 is
                 very
                 considerable
                 ,
                 it
                 was
                 sought
                 for
                 by
                 many
                 Courtiers
                 and
                 Officers
                 ;
                 but
                 Zaime
                 who
                 had
                 a
                 mind
                 to
                 oblige
                 Vglan
                 ,
                 spoke
                 so
                 seasonably
                 to
                 Amurath
                 ,
                 that
                 she
                 obtained
                 it
                 for
                 Coprogli
                 before
                 all
                 other
                 Competitors
                 ,
                 even
                 
                   Zelim
                   Achmet
                
                 himself
                 ,
                 to
                 whom
                 the
                 Sultan
                 had
                 promised
                 it
                 .
                 She
                 immediately
                 got
                 his
                 Commission
                 drawn
                 ,
                 which
                 she
                 put
                 into
                 the
                 great
                 Eunuchs
                 hands
                 ,
                 withal
                 assuring
                 him
                 that
                 this
                 was
                 the
                 least
                 Grace
                 he
                 could
                 ask
                 of
                 her
                 ;
                 that
                 she
                 would
                 make
                 no
                 other
                 advantage
                 of
                 her
                 power
                 but
                 to
                 serve
                 him
                 ;
                 and
                 that
                 since
                 he
                 was
                 kind
                 to
                 Coprogli
                 she
                 would
                 take
                 care
                 of
                 his
                 Fortune
                 .
                 The
                 Eunuch
                 who
                 received
                 these
                 marks
                 of
                 her
                 goodness
                 ,
                 
                 with
                 a
                 great
                 many
                 submissions
                 ,
                 and
                 thanks
                 ,
                 would
                 no
                 longer
                 defer
                 the
                 accomplishment
                 of
                 
                 Coprogli's
                 happiness
                 .
                 He
                 told
                 the
                 Princess
                 Zaime
                 that
                 he
                 was
                 infinitely
                 sensible
                 of
                 what
                 she
                 had
                 done
                 for
                 him
                 ,
                 but
                 that
                 since
                 by
                 an
                 excess
                 of
                 generosity
                 ,
                 she
                 was
                 pleased
                 not
                 only
                 to
                 load
                 him
                 with
                 her
                 benefits
                 ,
                 but
                 to
                 extend
                 them
                 also
                 to
                 his
                 friends
                 ;
                 he
                 beseeched
                 her
                 to
                 pity
                 the
                 love
                 of
                 Coprogli
                 ,
                 who
                 as
                 soon
                 as
                 he
                 first
                 saw
                 Fatima
                 ,
                 became
                 desperately
                 in
                 love
                 with
                 her
                 .
                 This
                 slave
                 was
                 very
                 dear
                 to
                 Zaime
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 proposition
                 of
                 the
                 
                   Kislar
                   Agazi
                
                 surprised
                 her
                 at
                 first
                 :
                 she
                 could
                 not
                 bestow
                 Fatima
                 on
                 his
                 friend
                 without
                 parting
                 with
                 her
                 for
                 ever
                 .
                 This
                 separation
                 seemed
                 very
                 difficult
                 to
                 her
                 ,
                 and
                 she
                 could
                 have
                 wished
                 that
                 Vglan
                 to
                 whom
                 she
                 could
                 refuse
                 nothing
                 ,
                 had
                 desired
                 any
                 thing
                 else
                 of
                 her
                 ;
                 but
                 the
                 great
                 Eunuch
                 who
                 had
                 undertaken
                 to
                 render
                 
                   Mahomet
                   Caprogli
                
                 happy
                 ,
                 resolved
                 to
                 finish
                 what
                 he
                 had
                 begun
                 ,
                 and
                 at
                 last
                 prevailed
                 so
                 far
                 upon
                 her
                 ,
                 that
                 she
                 had
                 no
                 power
                 to
                 deny
                 his
                 request
                 .
                 
                   Go
                   Vglan
                   said
                   she
                   to
                   the
                   Eunuch
                   ,
                   go
                   tell
                   
                   your
                   friend
                   ,
                   that
                   he
                   is
                   beholden
                   to
                   you
                   for
                   a
                   favour
                   ,
                   which
                   none
                   but
                   you
                   could
                   have
                   obtained
                   of
                   me
                   .
                
                 The
                 
                   Kislar
                   Agazi
                
                 did
                 what
                 became
                 him
                 on
                 this
                 occasion
                 ,
                 and
                 reiterated
                 all
                 the
                 protestations
                 he
                 had
                 before
                 made
                 of
                 being
                 faithful
                 to
                 her
                 as
                 long
                 as
                 he
                 lived
                 .
                 His
                 place
                 puts
                 him
                 in
                 a
                 condition
                 of
                 obliging
                 or
                 disobliging
                 the
                 
                   Grand
                   Signiors
                
                 Mistresses
                 ,
                 which
                 makes
                 them
                 have
                 the
                 more
                 respect
                 for
                 the
                 chief
                 of
                 the
                 Eunuchs
                 who
                 govern
                 their
                 Seraglio
                 .
                 He
                 was
                 no
                 sooner
                 assured
                 of
                 
                 Coprogli's
                 felicity
                 ,
                 but
                 he
                 sent
                 for
                 him
                 to
                 tell
                 him
                 the
                 good
                 news
                 ,
                 who
                 notwithstanding
                 what
                 he
                 knew
                 of
                 the
                 Eunuchs
                 power
                 ,
                 could
                 hardly
                 be
                 perswaded
                 that
                 in
                 so
                 short
                 a
                 time
                 he
                 had
                 been
                 so
                 successful
                 ,
                 as
                 to
                 satisfie
                 both
                 his
                 ambition
                 and
                 his
                 love
                 .
                 But
                 at
                 last
                 being
                 possest
                 of
                 Fatima
                 ,
                 and
                 Vglan
                 having
                 given
                 him
                 his
                 Commission
                 for
                 his
                 Government
                 ,
                 he
                 thought
                 of
                 nothing
                 beside
                 the
                 enjoyment
                 of
                 his
                 good
                 Fortune
                 ,
                 which
                 by
                 the
                 protection
                 of
                 the
                 Sultana
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 friendship
                 of
                 the
                 
                   Kislar
                   Agazi
                
                 seemed
                 to
                 be
                 firmly
                 established
                 .
                 But
                 when
                 he
                 was
                 ready
                 
                 to
                 go
                 and
                 take
                 possession
                 of
                 his
                 Government
                 ,
                 he
                 saw
                 himself
                 exposed
                 to
                 the
                 cruel
                 persecutions
                 of
                 
                   Zelim
                   Achmet
                
                 .
                 This
                 formidable
                 Rival
                 was
                 not
                 able
                 to
                 see
                 his
                 Mistress
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Government
                 of
                 Baruth
                 to
                 fall
                 to
                 
                 Coprogli's
                 share
                 ,
                 without
                 being
                 jealous
                 even
                 to
                 fury
                 .
              
               
                 He
                 could
                 not
                 indure
                 a
                 preference
                 that
                 made
                 him
                 almost
                 desperate
                 ,
                 he
                 presumed
                 much
                 on
                 his
                 own
                 merit
                 ,
                 on
                 the
                 Sultans
                 favour
                 to
                 him
                 ,
                 and
                 on
                 the
                 authority
                 of
                 his
                 Uncle
                 
                   Ragep
                   Bassa
                
                 ,
                 who
                 had
                 succeeded
                 in
                 the
                 charge
                 of
                 
                   Grand
                   Visier
                
                 ,
                 after
                 the
                 death
                 of
                 Achomat
                 ;
                 so
                 that
                 Coprogli
                 was
                 to
                 expect
                 all
                 the
                 ill
                 offices
                 that
                 a
                 private
                 man
                 can
                 receive
                 from
                 a
                 great
                 Minister
                 ,
                 and
                 a
                 Favourite
                 who
                 has
                 his
                 Princes
                 ear
                 :
                 but
                 yet
                 having
                 the
                 Sultana
                 on
                 his
                 side
                 ,
                 he
                 believed
                 her
                 able
                 to
                 protect
                 him
                 against
                 his
                 enemies
                 :
                 And
                 he
                 was
                 so
                 confident
                 of
                 this
                 ,
                 that
                 without
                 taking
                 any
                 other
                 measures
                 ,
                 he
                 parted
                 from
                 Constantinople
                 with
                 the
                 fair
                 Fatima
                 ,
                 to
                 go
                 and
                 take
                 possession
                 of
                 his
                 Government
                 of
                 Baruth
                 .
                 He
                 exercised
                 his
                 charge
                 with
                 so
                 much
                 integrity
                 ,
                 that
                 
                 he
                 deserved
                 the
                 adoration
                 of
                 the
                 people
                 .
                 But
                 who
                 can
                 be
                 innocent
                 when
                 merit
                 it self
                 is
                 an
                 offence
                 ?
                 The
                 
                   Grand
                   Visier
                   Ragep
                
                 was
                 wholly
                 swayed
                 by
                 his
                 Nephew
                 Achmet
                 ,
                 who
                 could
                 not
                 digest
                 the
                 affront
                 which
                 he
                 pretended
                 he
                 had
                 received
                 from
                 
                   Mahomet
                   Coprogli
                
                 ,
                 and
                 was
                 not
                 satisfied
                 with
                 the
                 Government
                 of
                 Syria
                 ,
                 which
                 the
                 
                   Grand
                   Signior
                
                 had
                 given
                 him
                 to
                 comfort
                 him
                 for
                 missing
                 that
                 of
                 Baruth
                 .
                 This
                 insolent
                 Favourite
                 projected
                 the
                 ruine
                 of
                 Coprogli
                 ;
                 but
                 seeing
                 that
                 the
                 
                   Sultana
                   Zaime
                
                 protected
                 him
                 ,
                 policy
                 kept
                 him
                 from
                 declaring
                 himself
                 openly
                 against
                 him
                 ,
                 for
                 fear
                 of
                 displeasing
                 the
                 Emperour
                 who
                 adored
                 Zaime
                 .
                 He
                 knew
                 Amuraths
                 humour
                 perfectly
                 well
                 ,
                 and
                 saw
                 plainly
                 that
                 to
                 oppose
                 his
                 love
                 ,
                 was
                 the
                 way
                 to
                 ruine
                 himself
                 ;
                 therefore
                 not
                 to
                 hazard
                 any
                 thing
                 ,
                 he
                 contain'd
                 himself
                 in
                 expectation
                 of
                 some
                 more
                 favourable
                 opportunity
                 of
                 revenge
                 :
                 and
                 time
                 had
                 afforded
                 him
                 means
                 ,
                 if
                 the
                 authority
                 of
                 the
                 
                   Grand
                   Visier
                
                 his
                 Uncle
                 had
                 continued
                 .
                 Heaven
                 which
                 is
                 weary
                 of
                 the
                 injustice
                 of
                 the
                 wicked
                 ,
                 could
                 no
                 longer
                 bear
                 with
                 those
                 of
                 
                 
                   Ragep
                   Bassa
                
                 ,
                 but
                 destroyed
                 him
                 to
                 preserve
                 the
                 innocent
                 ,
                 who
                 were
                 the
                 objects
                 of
                 his
                 cruelties
                 and
                 treacheries
                 .
                 The
                 jealousie
                 which
                 this
                 Ragep
                 ,
                 when
                 he
                 was
                 but
                 a
                 simple
                 Bassa
                 ,
                 had
                 heretofore
                 had
                 of
                 
                   Emir
                   Ticcardin
                
                 Prince
                 of
                 Drus
                 ,
                 whom
                 the
                 chance
                 of
                 War
                 had
                 made
                 a
                 Prisoner
                 at
                 Constantinople
                 ,
                 after
                 the
                 loss
                 of
                 his
                 Children
                 ,
                 his
                 Estate
                 ,
                 and
                 Treasures
                 ,
                 made
                 him
                 now
                 afresh
                 persecute
                 him
                 with
                 calumnies
                 ,
                 and
                 engage
                 the
                 Mufti
                 and
                 Religion
                 against
                 him
                 ,
                 that
                 he
                 might
                 oblige
                 the
                 Sultan
                 to
                 behead
                 the
                 Emir
                 ,
                 who
                 derived
                 himself
                 from
                 Godfrey
                 of
                 Bouillon
                 ,
                 King
                 of
                 Ierusalem
                 ,
                 and
                 was
                 the
                 Protector
                 of
                 the
                 Christians
                 ,
                 and
                 Franks
                 in
                 the
                 Eastern
                 Provinces
                 .
                 He
                 had
                 counselled
                 Amurath
                 to
                 put
                 to
                 death
                 Camtemir
                 King
                 of
                 the
                 petty
                 Tartars
                 ,
                 whom
                 he
                 had
                 brought
                 to
                 Constantinople
                 ,
                 under
                 pretence
                 of
                 making
                 his
                 peace
                 with
                 the
                 Great
                 Cham
                 of
                 Tartary
                 ,
                 who
                 had
                 corrupted
                 him
                 with
                 Bribes
                 .
                 At
                 last
                 he
                 had
                 conspired
                 to
                 depose
                 the
                 
                   Grand
                   Signior
                
                 ,
                 and
                 set
                 up
                 his
                 Brother
                 Ibrahim
                 in
                 his
                 place
                 ,
                 So
                 that
                 the
                 Sultan
                 being
                 informed
                 of
                 the
                 treasons
                 of
                 this
                 first
                 
                 Minister
                 ,
                 who
                 was
                 the
                 Author
                 of
                 all
                 the
                 Confusions
                 in
                 the
                 State
                 :
                 he
                 caused
                 him
                 to
                 be
                 strangled
                 ,
                 and
                 by
                 his
                 death
                 prevented
                 the
                 destruction
                 of
                 many
                 of
                 the
                 Grandees
                 of
                 the
                 Port
                 ,
                 whom
                 he
                 would
                 have
                 sacrificed
                 to
                 his
                 ambition
                 .
                 This
                 disgrace
                 forced
                 
                   Zelim
                   Achmet
                
                 to
                 let
                 Coprogli
                 be
                 quiet
                 for
                 some
                 time
                 .
              
               
                 In
                 the
                 mean
                 time
                 Amurath
                 ,
                 who
                 had
                 ended
                 the
                 Persian
                 War
                 ,
                 and
                 calmed
                 the
                 troubles
                 of
                 his
                 Empire
                 ,
                 abandoned
                 himself
                 to
                 the
                 delights
                 of
                 the
                 Seraglio
                 .
                 But
                 Death
                 which
                 had
                 spared
                 him
                 in
                 Armies
                 where
                 he
                 was
                 exposed
                 to
                 the
                 greatest
                 dangers
                 ,
                 surprized
                 him
                 in
                 the
                 midst
                 of
                 his
                 pleasures
                 ;
                 for
                 in
                 the
                 Beyran
                 ,
                 which
                 is
                 the
                 Turks
                 Easter
                 ,
                 at
                 which
                 time
                 they
                 are
                 wont
                 to
                 be
                 very
                 merry
                 ,
                 the
                 better
                 to
                 forget
                 the
                 austerity
                 of
                 their
                 Ramazan
                 ,
                 or
                 Lent.
                 The
                 Sultan
                 made
                 a
                 debauch
                 with
                 the
                 
                   Selichtar
                   ,
                   Cham
                   Gumar
                   ,
                   Machut
                   ,
                
                 and
                 Iarzai
                 ,
                 two
                 other
                 Persians
                 ,
                 in
                 which
                 he
                 drank
                 so
                 excessively
                 of
                 Malvasie
                 ,
                 and
                 Ros-solis
                 ,
                 that
                 he
                 inflamed
                 his
                 bowels
                 ,
                 and
                 fell
                 into
                 a
                 burning
                 Feaver
                 ,
                 of
                 which
                 he
                 died
                 a
                 few
                 days
                 after
                 .
                 Several
                 
                 Diseases
                 ,
                 had
                 taken
                 away
                 all
                 his
                 Children
                 ,
                 and
                 his
                 cruelty
                 had
                 put
                 all
                 his
                 Brothers
                 to
                 death
                 ,
                 except
                 Ibrahim
                 ,
                 whom
                 he
                 thought
                 incapable
                 of
                 reigning
                 .
                 While
                 he
                 was
                 sick
                 ,
                 he
                 asked
                 often
                 to
                 see
                 him
                 ,
                 intending
                 as
                 some
                 believe
                 ,
                 to
                 have
                 had
                 him
                 strangled
                 ,
                 that
                 he
                 might
                 leave
                 none
                 of
                 his
                 Blood
                 behind
                 him
                 ,
                 but
                 what
                 should
                 be
                 born
                 of
                 Zaime
                 ,
                 whom
                 he
                 knew
                 to
                 be
                 with
                 child
                 .
                 He
                 had
                 named
                 
                   Rahim
                   Chiras
                   ,
                   C
                   ham
                
                 of
                 the
                 petty
                 Tartars
                 to
                 be
                 his
                 Successor
                 ,
                 and
                 had
                 made
                 a
                 secret
                 agreement
                 with
                 him
                 ,
                 that
                 in
                 case
                 Zaime
                 should
                 be
                 brought
                 to
                 bed
                 of
                 a
                 Son
                 ,
                 he
                 should
                 resign
                 the
                 Empire
                 to
                 him
                 .
                 But
                 the
                 Divan
                 ordained
                 otherwise
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 
                   Sultana
                   Valide
                
                 had
                 no
                 sooner
                 closed
                 his
                 eyes
                 but
                 she
                 went
                 to
                 take
                 Ibrahim
                 out
                 of
                 Prison
                 .
                 This
                 Prince
                 made
                 some
                 difficulty
                 at
                 the
                 proposition
                 which
                 the
                 Sultana
                 his
                 Mother
                 ,
                 the
                 Mufti
                 ,
                 the
                 Visiers
                 and
                 Bassa's
                 made
                 him
                 of
                 ascending
                 the
                 Throne
                 ;
                 believing
                 it
                 to
                 be
                 a
                 design
                 to
                 surprize
                 him
                 ,
                 and
                 continued
                 to
                 counterfeit
                 himself
                 mad
                 ,
                 as
                 he
                 had
                 done
                 till
                 then
                 ,
                 by
                 the
                 advice
                 of
                 the
                 Eunuch
                 Zomboul
                 his
                 Governour
                 ,
                 
                 who
                 had
                 taught
                 him
                 this
                 way
                 to
                 avoid
                 the
                 cruelty
                 of
                 his
                 Brother
                 Amurath
                 ;
                 but
                 when
                 he
                 saw
                 the
                 Emperors
                 dead
                 body
                 ,
                 he
                 convinced
                 them
                 that
                 he
                 had
                 concealed
                 his
                 Reason
                 to
                 preserve
                 his
                 life
                 ;
                 and
                 shewed
                 so
                 much
                 judgment
                 ,
                 that
                 he
                 at
                 first
                 suprized
                 those
                 who
                 knew
                 the
                 manner
                 of
                 his
                 Education
                 .
              
               
                 Ibrahim
                 having
                 taken
                 up
                 the
                 reins
                 of
                 the
                 Ottoman
                 Empire
                 ,
                 began
                 his
                 Reign
                 with
                 such
                 Justice
                 and
                 Clemency
                 ,
                 as
                 seemed
                 to
                 give
                 the
                 people
                 an
                 undoubted
                 assurance
                 of
                 an
                 happy
                 Government
                 .
                 The
                 first
                 Commandment
                 he
                 gave
                 was
                 to
                 Mustapha
                 his
                 
                   Grand
                   Visier
                
                 ,
                 who
                 had
                 succeeded
                 Ragep
                 ,
                 That
                 he
                 should
                 put
                 no
                 man
                 to
                 death
                 ,
                 unless
                 he
                 were
                 convict
                 of
                 so
                 enormous
                 a
                 Crime
                 ,
                 that
                 he
                 could
                 not
                 be
                 pardoned
                 without
                 committing
                 a
                 greater
                 .
                 This
                 Prince
                 was
                 extremely
                 good
                 natur'd
                 ,
                 as
                 might
                 be
                 seen
                 by
                 the
                 lineaments
                 of
                 his
                 face
                 :
                 he
                 had
                 a
                 ruddy
                 Complexion
                 ,
                 a
                 broad
                 Forehead
                 ,
                 his
                 Limbs
                 well
                 set
                 ,
                 but
                 his
                 Behaviour
                 was
                 very
                 silly
                 ,
                 and
                 innocent
                 ,
                 proceeding
                 from
                 his
                 obscure
                 Education
                 ,
                 which
                 had
                 quite
                 
                 changed
                 the
                 vigor
                 of
                 his
                 mind
                 and
                 health
                 ,
                 so
                 that
                 it
                 was
                 feared
                 he
                 could
                 have
                 no
                 children
                 .
                 This
                 made
                 the
                 Sultana
                 his
                 Mother
                 have
                 a
                 great
                 care
                 of
                 the
                 
                   Sultana
                   Zaime
                
                 ,
                 whom
                 she
                 knew
                 to
                 be
                 with
                 child
                 .
                 Zaime
                 who
                 loved
                 the
                 
                   Sultana
                   Valide
                
                 as
                 her
                 own
                 Mother
                 ,
                 had
                 discovered
                 it
                 to
                 her
                 ;
                 and
                 the
                 subtil
                 
                   Sultana
                   Kiozem
                
                 Ibrahim's
                 Mother
                 not
                 believing
                 he
                 would
                 leave
                 a
                 Son
                 behind
                 him
                 ,
                 would
                 not
                 suffer
                 Zaime
                 to
                 retire
                 into
                 the
                 old
                 Seraglio
                 ,
                 where
                 the
                 Sultanas
                 of
                 the
                 deceased
                 
                   Grand
                   Signiors
                
                 shut
                 themselves
                 up
                 .
                 She
                 fancied
                 it
                 would
                 be
                 no
                 hard
                 matter
                 to
                 perswade
                 Ibrahim
                 to
                 love
                 her
                 :
                 Zaime
                 was
                 young
                 ,
                 her
                 great
                 belly
                 appeared
                 not
                 ,
                 and
                 no
                 body
                 knew
                 of
                 it
                 ;
                 nor
                 was
                 it
                 difficult
                 to
                 make
                 him
                 believe
                 that
                 the
                 Child
                 she
                 should
                 be
                 brought
                 to
                 bed
                 of
                 was
                 his
                 own
                 :
                 but
                 there
                 was
                 no
                 need
                 of
                 all
                 this
                 contrivance
                 ,
                 for
                 Ibrahim
                 who
                 never
                 knew
                 what
                 love
                 was
                 ,
                 was
                 so
                 well
                 satisfied
                 with
                 Zaime
                 ,
                 that
                 examining
                 no
                 farther
                 ,
                 he
                 abandon'd
                 himself
                 wholly
                 to
                 the
                 enjoyment
                 of
                 her
                 :
                 yet
                 afterwards
                 not
                 contented
                 with
                 the
                 delights
                 he
                 found
                 in
                 this
                 Princess
                 ,
                 
                 who
                 had
                 taught
                 him
                 to
                 love
                 ;
                 he
                 had
                 a
                 mind
                 to
                 try
                 if
                 another
                 could
                 not
                 as
                 well
                 recommend
                 those
                 pleasures
                 which
                 had
                 so
                 long
                 been
                 unknown
                 to
                 him
                 ,
                 and
                 took
                 a
                 liking
                 to
                 an
                 handsome
                 Georgian
                 ,
                 well
                 born
                 ,
                 and
                 a
                 Christian
                 ,
                 who
                 had
                 been
                 taken
                 from
                 her
                 Parents
                 at
                 twelve
                 years
                 old
                 ,
                 and
                 brought
                 to
                 the
                 great
                 Seraglio
                 at
                 Constantinople
                 ,
                 as
                 a
                 perfect
                 beauty
                 .
                 She
                 had
                 been
                 bred
                 very
                 carefully
                 ,
                 having
                 been
                 taught
                 to
                 sing
                 ,
                 and
                 play
                 on
                 several
                 Instruments
                 ,
                 to
                 accompany
                 her
                 voice
                 ,
                 which
                 was
                 admirable
                 :
                 and
                 it
                 was
                 by
                 this
                 that
                 she
                 had
                 attracted
                 Ibrahim
                 .
                 This
                 Prince
                 was
                 a
                 great
                 lover
                 of
                 Musick
                 ,
                 both
                 instrumental
                 ,
                 and
                 vocal
                 .
                 He
                 walked
                 one
                 evening
                 under
                 a
                 Balcony
                 ,
                 where
                 the
                 young
                 Bassée
                 ,
                 so
                 was
                 the
                 fair
                 Georgian
                 called
                 ,
                 sung
                 a
                 Song
                 so
                 passionate
                 ,
                 that
                 he
                 would
                 needs
                 know
                 the
                 person
                 that
                 had
                 sung
                 it
                 :
                 but
                 having
                 found
                 by
                 conversing
                 with
                 her
                 ,
                 that
                 she
                 had
                 no
                 less
                 Wit
                 than
                 Beauty
                 ,
                 he
                 was
                 so
                 charmed
                 ,
                 that
                 immediately
                 he
                 threw
                 her
                 his
                 Handkerchief
                 ,
                 as
                 a
                 sure
                 pledge
                 of
                 his
                 Love
                 ,
                 and
                 a
                 certain
                 token
                 that
                 
                 she
                 should
                 that
                 very
                 night
                 receive
                 more
                 particular
                 favours
                 .
              
               
                 Of
                 all
                 the
                 Passions
                 that
                 Princes
                 are
                 subject
                 to
                 ,
                 Love
                 is
                 the
                 most
                 powerful
                 ,
                 and
                 may
                 boast
                 of
                 more
                 triumphs
                 than
                 all
                 the
                 rest
                 ;
                 and
                 though
                 it
                 is
                 said
                 that
                 fruition
                 diminishes
                 it
                 ,
                 that
                 of
                 Ibrahim
                 manifested
                 the
                 contrary
                 ,
                 for
                 by
                 the
                 possession
                 of
                 his
                 new
                 Favourite
                 ,
                 he
                 became
                 more
                 ,
                 and
                 more
                 inflamed
                 :
                 and
                 his
                 kindness
                 increasing
                 every
                 day
                 ,
                 contributed
                 to
                 Bassées
                 good
                 Fortune
                 .
                 The
                 next
                 morning
                 she
                 had
                 eight
                 women
                 ,
                 four
                 Eunuchs
                 ,
                 and
                 four
                 Cooks
                 added
                 to
                 her
                 train
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Sultan
                 sent
                 her
                 six
                 Baskets
                 full
                 of
                 very
                 rich
                 Presents
                 ,
                 with
                 a
                 Cabinet
                 stored
                 with
                 many
                 thousand
                 Shekines
                 ,
                 augmenting
                 her
                 allowance
                 proportionably
                 to
                 his
                 kindness
                 ;
                 and
                 not
                 thinking
                 this
                 sufficient
                 ,
                 he
                 would
                 have
                 her
                 Train
                 as
                 great
                 as
                 that
                 of
                 the
                 
                   Sultana
                   Zaime
                
                 ;
                 so
                 that
                 he
                 gave
                 her
                 more
                 Eunuchs
                 ,
                 and
                 made
                 up
                 her
                 number
                 of
                 women
                 sixteen
                 .
                 He
                 furnished
                 a
                 private
                 Apartment
                 for
                 her
                 with
                 the
                 best
                 Furniture
                 in
                 the
                 Seraglio
                 ,
                 where
                 he
                 often
                 did
                 her
                 the
                 honour
                 to
                 eat
                 with
                 
                 her
                 .
                 The
                 compliant
                 humour
                 of
                 this
                 Favourite
                 diverted
                 his
                 natural
                 melancholy
                 ;
                 she
                 would
                 sometimes
                 prevail
                 with
                 him
                 to
                 walk
                 by
                 the
                 Sea-side
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 hunt
                 in
                 the
                 neighbouring
                 Fields
                 .
              
               
                 At
                 last
                 the
                 Eunuch
                 Zomboul
                 perceiving
                 her
                 to
                 be
                 with
                 Child
                 ,
                 he
                 carried
                 the
                 news
                 of
                 it
                 to
                 the
                 
                   Grand
                   Signior
                
                 ,
                 who
                 took
                 a
                 Diamond
                 of
                 a
                 great
                 value
                 off
                 from
                 his
                 finger
                 to
                 make
                 her
                 a
                 Present
                 of
                 ;
                 and
                 not
                 being
                 able
                 longer
                 to
                 contein
                 his
                 Joy
                 ,
                 went
                 himself
                 to
                 congratulate
                 her
                 ,
                 that
                 she
                 was
                 become
                 the
                 depository
                 of
                 a
                 Pledge
                 so
                 important
                 to
                 the
                 Ottoman
                 Empire
                 :
                 afterwards
                 he
                 visited
                 the
                 
                   Sultana
                   Valide
                
                 ,
                 to
                 rejoyce
                 with
                 her
                 .
                 Zaime
                 was
                 quickly
                 informed
                 of
                 it
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 news
                 had
                 like
                 to
                 have
                 kill'd
                 her
                 ;
                 she
                 found
                 her self
                 ready
                 to
                 lie
                 down
                 ,
                 which
                 spoiled
                 hers
                 and
                 the
                 Sultana
                 Valide's
                 design
                 .
                 The
                 time
                 having
                 deceived
                 them
                 ,
                 there
                 not
                 remaining
                 enough
                 to
                 make
                 Ibrahim
                 believe
                 that
                 he
                 was
                 the
                 Father
                 of
                 her
                 Child
                 .
                 The
                 
                   Sultana
                   Kiosem
                
                 being
                 one
                 of
                 the
                 most
                 subtle
                 ,
                 ingenious
                 Princesses
                 that
                 ever
                 was
                 ,
                 would
                 not
                 quite
                 ruine
                 Zaime
                 ,
                 whom
                 
                 she
                 tenderly
                 loved
                 ,
                 nor
                 expose
                 a
                 Child
                 of
                 Amurath
                 ;
                 for
                 she
                 made
                 no
                 question
                 ,
                 but
                 that
                 Ibrahim
                 when
                 he
                 should
                 come
                 to
                 know
                 the
                 truth
                 ,
                 would
                 sacrifice
                 
                 Zaime's
                 Child
                 to
                 his
                 own
                 safety
                 .
                 Therefore
                 she
                 resolved
                 to
                 keep
                 her
                 lying
                 in
                 secret
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 convey
                 the
                 Child
                 out
                 of
                 the
                 Seraglio
                 by
                 some
                 trusty
                 person
                 .
                 They
                 could
                 think
                 of
                 no
                 body
                 fitter
                 to
                 be
                 trusted
                 with
                 so
                 important
                 a
                 secret
                 than
                 Fatima
                 ,
                 who
                 was
                 immediately
                 sent
                 for
                 :
                 She
                 was
                 ready
                 to
                 lie
                 in
                 her self
                 ,
                 which
                 served
                 as
                 a
                 pretence
                 for
                 her
                 coming
                 to
                 Constantinople
                 ,
                 whither
                 the
                 women
                 of
                 Quality
                 often
                 come
                 to
                 lay
                 their
                 great
                 bellies
                 .
                 She
                 was
                 no
                 sooner
                 arrived
                 ,
                 but
                 she
                 fell
                 in
                 labour
                 ;
                 and
                 a
                 little
                 while
                 after
                 ,
                 the
                 
                   Sultana
                   Zaime
                
                 was
                 brought
                 to
                 bed
                 of
                 a
                 Daughter
                 ,
                 which
                 she
                 put
                 into
                 
                 Fatima's
                 hands
                 ,
                 desiring
                 her
                 to
                 have
                 as
                 much
                 care
                 of
                 her
                 ,
                 as
                 if
                 she
                 were
                 her
                 own
                 .
                 Fatima
                 acquitted
                 her self
                 very
                 handsomely
                 of
                 her
                 Charge
                 ,
                 and
                 brought
                 up
                 this
                 Princess
                 in
                 her
                 own
                 house
                 ,
                 under
                 the
                 name
                 of
                 Iohaime
                 :
                 She
                 had
                 a
                 Son
                 ,
                 who
                 looked
                 on
                 her
                 as
                 his
                 Sister
                 ,
                 and
                 was
                 suffered
                 to
                 continue
                 
                 in
                 his
                 error
                 a
                 great
                 while
                 ,
                 as
                 we
                 shall
                 see
                 hereafter
                 when
                 we
                 come
                 to
                 his
                 History
                 .
              
               
                 In
                 the
                 mean
                 time
                 the
                 
                   Sultana
                   Zaime
                
                 being
                 freed
                 from
                 the
                 apprehensions
                 of
                 her
                 great
                 belly
                 ,
                 appeared
                 more
                 beautiful
                 than
                 ever
                 ,
                 which
                 had
                 some
                 effect
                 on
                 the
                 
                   Grand
                   Signior
                
                 ;
                 but
                 she
                 could
                 not
                 quite
                 regain
                 him
                 :
                 he
                 was
                 constant
                 in
                 his
                 affection
                 to
                 the
                 
                   Sultana
                   Bassée
                
                 ,
                 whose
                 happiness
                 made
                 all
                 those
                 who
                 pretended
                 to
                 his
                 favour
                 ,
                 jealous
                 ,
                 and
                 almost
                 desperate
                 .
              
               
                 Zaime
                 ,
                 whose
                 loss
                 was
                 the
                 greatest
                 ,
                 was
                 most
                 afflicted
                 ;
                 nor
                 did
                 she
                 neglect
                 any
                 means
                 to
                 destroy
                 her
                 Rival
                 ,
                 who
                 alone
                 had
                 banished
                 her
                 out
                 of
                 
                 Ibrahim's
                 heart
                 .
                 The
                 Sultan
                 perceiving
                 her
                 jealousie
                 ,
                 and
                 knowing
                 her
                 to
                 be
                 newly
                 with
                 Child
                 by
                 him
                 ,
                 out
                 of
                 the
                 apprehension
                 he
                 had
                 of
                 her
                 wit
                 and
                 great
                 power
                 ,
                 endeavoured
                 to
                 reconcile
                 her
                 to
                 the
                 
                   Sultana
                   Bassée
                
                 .
                 The
                 two
                 
                 Sultana's
                 willing
                 to
                 please
                 Ibrahim
                 by
                 their
                 obedience
                 ,
                 seemed
                 to
                 have
                 stifled
                 their
                 jealousie
                 ,
                 which
                 put
                 the
                 Sultan
                 into
                 such
                 transports
                 of
                 Joy
                 ,
                 as
                 nothing
                 could
                 augment
                 but
                 the
                 birth
                 
                 of
                 two
                 Princes
                 ,
                 which
                 the
                 two
                 Rivals
                 almost
                 at
                 the
                 same
                 time
                 were
                 brought
                 to
                 bed
                 of
                 .
                 He
                 now
                 renewed
                 the
                 vow
                 which
                 he
                 had
                 before
                 made
                 of
                 sending
                 one
                 of
                 his
                 Children
                 to
                 Mecha
                 ,
                 to
                 give
                 the
                 Prophet
                 Mahomet
                 thanks
                 for
                 the
                 favour
                 which
                 he
                 believed
                 Heaven
                 had
                 bestowed
                 on
                 him
                 by
                 his
                 intercessions
                 .
                 But
                 as
                 if
                 the
                 fruitfulness
                 of
                 Zaime
                 and
                 Bassée
                 had
                 distasted
                 him
                 ,
                 he
                 took
                 off
                 his
                 affection
                 from
                 them
                 ,
                 allowing
                 them
                 only
                 a
                 place
                 in
                 his
                 esteem
                 ,
                 and
                 ingaged
                 himself
                 in
                 new
                 amours
                 ,
                 which
                 manifested
                 the
                 inconstancy
                 of
                 his
                 humour
                 .
                 Ever
                 since
                 this
                 Prince
                 had
                 let
                 loose
                 the
                 reins
                 to
                 his
                 Passions
                 ,
                 his
                 counterfeit
                 ,
                 or
                 natural
                 sweetness
                 degenerated
                 into
                 extreme
                 effeminacy
                 ,
                 and
                 a
                 bloody
                 brutality
                 .
                 He
                 began
                 to
                 despise
                 those
                 who
                 ought
                 to
                 have
                 been
                 most
                 dear
                 to
                 him
                 ,
                 as
                 the
                 
                   Sultana
                   Valide
                
                 his
                 Mother
                 ,
                 the
                 Mufti
                 ,
                 and
                 Zomboul
                 his
                 protector
                 .
                 He
                 put
                 to
                 death
                 his
                 
                   Grand
                   Visier
                   Mustapha
                   Bassa
                
                 ,
                 and
                 
                   Salik
                   Pacha
                
                 who
                 succeeded
                 him
                 ,
                 soon
                 after
                 had
                 the
                 same
                 fate
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Cappigi
                   Bassa
                
                 after
                 the
                 great
                 services
                 he
                 had
                 done
                 him
                 ,
                 had
                 no
                 better
                 fortune
                 
                 than
                 the
                 rest
                 ;
                 he
                 caused
                 the
                 Captain
                 Bassa
                 General
                 of
                 the
                 Sea
                 ,
                 to
                 be
                 strangled
                 for
                 answering
                 him
                 freely
                 in
                 an
                 important
                 affair
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Aga
                 of
                 the
                 Ianizaries
                 lost
                 his
                 head
                 for
                 the
                 insolence
                 of
                 the
                 Souldiers
                 ,
                 who
                 complained
                 openly
                 of
                 the
                 effeminacy
                 ,
                 and
                 cruelty
                 of
                 their
                 Emperour
                 .
                 He
                 was
                 so
                 fearful
                 that
                 he
                 would
                 put
                 the
                 most
                 considerable
                 persons
                 of
                 the
                 Empire
                 to
                 death
                 upon
                 the
                 least
                 suspicion
                 .
                 He
                 craftily
                 invited
                 the
                 Cham
                 of
                 the
                 Tartars
                 to
                 Constantinople
                 ,
                 and
                 beheaded
                 him
                 for
                 saying
                 ,
                 that
                 if
                 his
                 Highness
                 should
                 die
                 with-Children
                 ,
                 he
                 should
                 inherit
                 the
                 Ottoman
                 Empire
                 ,
                 which
                 belonged
                 to
                 him
                 of
                 right
                 by
                 Sultan
                 Amurath's
                 Will
                 ,
                 the
                 Constitutions
                 of
                 the
                 Empire
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Laws
                 of
                 the
                 Musulmans
                 .
                 These
                 cruelties
                 made
                 him
                 odious
                 to
                 the
                 Grandees
                 of
                 the
                 Port
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 chief
                 of
                 the
                 Seraglio
                 ;
                 of
                 which
                 number
                 were
                 the
                 
                   Sultana
                   Valide
                
                 ,
                 the
                 Eunuch
                 Zomboul
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Mufti
                 .
                 Several
                 
                 Bassa's
                 revolted
                 ,
                 but
                 they
                 were
                 suppressed
                 by
                 
                   Mehemet
                   Bassa
                
                 of
                 Damas
                 ,
                 who
                 was
                 made
                 
                   Grand
                   Visier
                
                 ,
                 though
                 he
                 
                 could
                 neither
                 write
                 nor
                 read
                 .
                 All
                 the
                 Rebels
                 were
                 deprived
                 of
                 their
                 Governments
                 ;
                 that
                 of
                 Aleppo
                 was
                 given
                 to
                 
                   Mahomet
                   Coprogli
                
                 ,
                 who
                 relinquished
                 that
                 of
                 Baruth
                 ,
                 to
                 his
                 sworn
                 enemy
                 
                   Zelim
                   Achmet
                
                 ,
                 who
                 by
                 his
                 Intrigues
                 at
                 the
                 Port
                 had
                 hitherto
                 preserved
                 himself
                 .
                 The
                 Ianizaries
                 and
                 Spahies
                 which
                 are
                 the
                 two
                 most
                 considerable
                 orders
                 of
                 the
                 Turkish
                 Militia
                 ,
                 raised
                 several
                 tumults
                 one
                 after
                 another
                 ,
                 which
                 were
                 quieted
                 again
                 by
                 giving
                 them
                 money
                 .
                 At
                 last
                 the
                 Mufti
                 ,
                 the
                 new
                 
                   Grand
                   Visier
                
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 principals
                 of
                 the
                 Court
                 ,
                 being
                 weary
                 of
                 
                 Ibrahim's
                 cruelty
                 ,
                 and
                 ill
                 administration
                 ,
                 resolved
                 to
                 rid
                 themselves
                 of
                 him
                 ;
                 but
                 fearing
                 lest
                 if
                 he
                 should
                 discover
                 their
                 conspiracy
                 ,
                 he
                 would
                 secure
                 himself
                 by
                 the
                 death
                 of
                 his
                 own
                 Children
                 ,
                 that
                 he
                 only
                 might
                 survive
                 of
                 his
                 race
                 ,
                 and
                 so
                 save
                 himself
                 by
                 the
                 general
                 necessity
                 of
                 the
                 State
                 ,
                 because
                 the
                 Turks
                 cannot
                 indure
                 to
                 have
                 any
                 other
                 Emperours
                 but
                 what
                 are
                 of
                 the
                 Ottoman
                 Family
                 .
                 They
                 agreed
                 before
                 they
                 undertook
                 any
                 thing
                 to
                 make
                 sure
                 of
                 his
                 Children
                 ,
                 or
                 at
                 least
                 to
                 get
                 one
                 of
                 them
                 
                 out
                 of
                 the
                 Seraglio
                 ,
                 whom
                 they
                 might
                 have
                 in
                 their
                 own
                 power
                 .
                 The
                 best
                 expedient
                 they
                 could
                 think
                 of
                 to
                 bring
                 this
                 design
                 about
                 ,
                 was
                 to
                 let
                 the
                 Sultan
                 know
                 by
                 the
                 Mufti
                 ,
                 that
                 he
                 was
                 indispensably
                 oblig'd
                 to
                 accomplish
                 the
                 vow
                 he
                 had
                 made
                 while
                 he
                 had
                 no
                 children
                 ,
                 of
                 sending
                 one
                 of
                 his
                 Sons
                 to
                 Mecha
                 ;
                 assuring
                 him
                 that
                 if
                 he
                 delay'd
                 it
                 any
                 longer
                 he
                 would
                 bring
                 the
                 wrath
                 of
                 Heaven
                 upon
                 him
                 ,
                 and
                 by
                 declaring
                 himself
                 a
                 transgressor
                 of
                 the
                 Law
                 ,
                 might
                 cause
                 an
                 universal
                 revolt
                 .
                 Ibrahim
                 who
                 was
                 naturally
                 very
                 timorous
                 ,
                 yielded
                 to
                 the
                 
                 Mufti
                 's
                 perswasions
                 ,
                 sticking
                 only
                 at
                 the
                 choice
                 of
                 him
                 whom
                 he
                 ought
                 to
                 send
                 .
                 The
                 voyage
                 being
                 very
                 long
                 ,
                 the
                 confidence
                 he
                 had
                 in
                 his
                 Prophet
                 ,
                 could
                 not
                 free
                 him
                 from
                 his
                 fear
                 ,
                 lest
                 some
                 ill
                 accident
                 should
                 befal
                 the
                 young
                 Pilgrim
                 :
                 he
                 would
                 not
                 venture
                 his
                 eldest
                 Son
                 by
                 the
                 
                   Sultana
                   Bassée
                
                 ,
                 who
                 was
                 then
                 about
                 three
                 years
                 old
                 ,
                 but
                 was
                 more
                 inclined
                 to
                 send
                 Prince
                 Mahomet
                 ,
                 then
                 but
                 thirty
                 months
                 old
                 ,
                 whom
                 he
                 had
                 by
                 Zaime
                 ,
                 who
                 feigned
                 her self
                 to
                 be
                 with
                 child
                 again
                 .
                 She
                 
                 was
                 not
                 informed
                 of
                 the
                 conspiracy
                 ,
                 and
                 knowing
                 the
                 
                   Grand
                   Signiors
                
                 design
                 ,
                 she
                 told
                 him
                 ,
                 she
                 would
                 not
                 leave
                 her
                 Son
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 the
                 inconvenience
                 of
                 her
                 great
                 belly
                 would
                 not
                 permit
                 her
                 to
                 accompany
                 him
                 in
                 so
                 dangerous
                 a
                 voyage
                 .
                 Perhaps
                 her
                 jealousie
                 furnished
                 her
                 with
                 this
                 pretence
                 to
                 remove
                 her
                 Rival
                 from
                 the
                 Seraglio
                 :
                 on
                 the
                 other
                 side
                 Bassée
                 knowing
                 the
                 conspiracy
                 ,
                 solicited
                 the
                 Sultan
                 to
                 let
                 her
                 conduct
                 Prince
                 Ottoman
                 his
                 Son
                 to
                 the
                 Temple
                 of
                 their
                 Prophet
                 ;
                 alledging
                 that
                 his
                 eldest
                 Son
                 ought
                 to
                 accomplish
                 his
                 vow
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 extreme
                 care
                 she
                 had
                 to
                 free
                 her
                 Son
                 from
                 the
                 tempest
                 which
                 she
                 saw
                 ready
                 to
                 fall
                 on
                 the
                 Seraglio
                 ,
                 and
                 her
                 desire
                 to
                 leave
                 a
                 place
                 where
                 she
                 believed
                 she
                 had
                 been
                 poisoned
                 ,
                 made
                 her
                 the
                 more
                 earnest
                 to
                 go
                 ,
                 being
                 seconded
                 by
                 the
                 Mufti
                 ,
                 who
                 assured
                 Ibrahim
                 that
                 he
                 ought
                 to
                 send
                 the
                 eldest
                 of
                 his
                 children
                 :
                 So
                 that
                 the
                 Sultan
                 being
                 pressed
                 by
                 such
                 strong
                 arguments
                 ,
                 yielded
                 against
                 his
                 will
                 to
                 superstition
                 ,
                 and
                 a
                 Mothers
                 tenderness
                 .
                 He
                 immediately
                 gave
                 order
                 to
                 the
                 General
                 
                 of
                 the
                 Sea
                 ,
                 to
                 equip
                 the
                 strongest
                 Gally
                 he
                 could
                 find
                 .
                 There
                 was
                 one
                 of
                 a
                 prodigious
                 bigness
                 ,
                 which
                 was
                 not
                 quite
                 finished
                 .
                 The
                 Captain
                 Bassa
                 sent
                 him
                 word
                 that
                 it
                 would
                 require
                 some
                 time
                 before
                 she
                 could
                 be
                 sit
                 to
                 put
                 to
                 Sea
                 :
                 But
                 Ibrahim
                 who
                 was
                 extremely
                 importun'd
                 ,
                 said
                 ,
                 that
                 if
                 she
                 were
                 not
                 ready
                 to
                 sail
                 in
                 four
                 days
                 ,
                 his
                 head
                 should
                 pay
                 for
                 his
                 negligence
                 :
                 in
                 the
                 mean
                 while
                 he
                 imployed
                 the
                 little
                 time
                 prescribed
                 for
                 their
                 departure
                 ,
                 in
                 ordering
                 all
                 things
                 necessary
                 for
                 their
                 voyage
                 ,
                 intending
                 they
                 should
                 imbark
                 with
                 the
                 greatest
                 splendor
                 and
                 pomp
                 that
                 had
                 ever
                 been
                 seen
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 day
                 assigned
                 being
                 come
                 ,
                 the
                 
                   Sultana
                   Bassée
                
                 who
                 was
                 otherwise
                 indisposed
                 ,
                 was
                 more
                 sensibly
                 troubled
                 to
                 depart
                 without
                 her
                 dear
                 Confident
                 Zomboul
                 ,
                 who
                 had
                 discovered
                 the
                 plot
                 to
                 her
                 ,
                 and
                 desired
                 her
                 to
                 provide
                 for
                 her
                 own
                 ,
                 and
                 her
                 Sons
                 safety
                 by
                 quitting
                 the
                 Seraglio
                 .
              
               
                 This
                 Eunuch
                 had
                 the
                 charge
                 of
                 Ibrahim
                 when
                 he
                 was
                 in
                 prison
                 ,
                 and
                 had
                 not
                 only
                 counsell'd
                 him
                 to
                 counterfeit
                 
                 himself
                 mad
                 ,
                 to
                 avoid
                 his
                 Brothers
                 cruelty
                 ,
                 (
                 who
                 otherwise
                 would
                 have
                 murdered
                 him
                 with
                 the
                 rest
                 of
                 his
                 Brothers
                 )
                 but
                 he
                 preserved
                 his
                 life
                 when
                 the
                 Emperor
                 commanded
                 him
                 to
                 dispatch
                 him
                 secretly
                 .
                 Yet
                 
                   Sultan
                   Ibrahim
                
                 was
                 so
                 ingrateful
                 to
                 Zomboul
                 ,
                 that
                 after
                 he
                 had
                 put
                 him
                 out
                 of
                 his
                 place
                 of
                 
                   Capi
                   Aga
                
                 ,
                 he
                 often
                 threatned
                 him
                 with
                 death
                 ;
                 so
                 that
                 his
                 resentment
                 made
                 him
                 joy
                 with
                 those
                 who
                 conspired
                 his
                 ruine
                 :
                 and
                 foreseeing
                 the
                 approaching
                 revolution
                 ,
                 he
                 was
                 willing
                 to
                 secure
                 his
                 fortune
                 by
                 following
                 the
                 young
                 Prince
                 ,
                 who
                 in
                 all
                 likelihood
                 would
                 soon
                 come
                 to
                 be
                 Emperour
                 .
                 The
                 
                   Sultana
                   Bassée
                
                 just
                 before
                 she
                 went
                 away
                 ,
                 when
                 she
                 took
                 her
                 leave
                 of
                 the
                 Sultan
                 ,
                 cast
                 her self
                 at
                 his
                 feet
                 ,
                 with
                 tears
                 in
                 her
                 eyes
                 ,
                 to
                 implore
                 the
                 last
                 favour
                 that
                 she
                 should
                 ever
                 ask
                 of
                 him
                 ,
                 on
                 which
                 the
                 happiness
                 of
                 her
                 life
                 depended
                 .
                 The
                 Emperor
                 moved
                 by
                 her
                 tears
                 ,
                 presently
                 lifted
                 her
                 up
                 ,
                 and
                 promised
                 to
                 grant
                 what
                 ever
                 she
                 would
                 request
                 .
                 
                   Sir
                   ,
                   said
                   she
                   ,
                   I
                   ask
                   Zomboul
                   of
                   you
                   ,
                   to
                   accompany
                   me
                   in
                   my
                   voyage
                   .
                   I
                   
                   know
                   well
                   enough
                   that
                   I
                   shall
                   rob
                   you
                   of
                   a
                   faithful
                   servant
                   ;
                   but
                   when
                   you
                   consider
                   it
                   is
                   for
                   the
                   service
                   of
                   your
                   Son
                   ,
                   and
                   a
                   Mother
                   afflicted
                   by
                   so
                   cruel
                   a
                   separation
                   ,
                   I
                   am
                   perswaded
                   you
                   will
                   not
                   refuse
                   me
                   this
                   last
                   grace
                   .
                
                 Ibrahim
                 was
                 a
                 little
                 surprized
                 at
                 this
                 unexpected
                 complement
                 ;
                 he
                 could
                 hardly
                 think
                 of
                 parting
                 with
                 a
                 Slave
                 to
                 whom
                 he
                 owed
                 his
                 life
                 ,
                 and
                 one
                 whom
                 he
                 believed
                 the
                 most
                 faithful
                 of
                 all
                 his
                 Officers
                 :
                 but
                 he
                 had
                 promised
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 to
                 a
                 person
                 who
                 was
                 dear
                 to
                 him
                 for
                 his
                 Sons
                 sake
                 ;
                 therefore
                 he
                 ordered
                 Zomboul
                 to
                 be
                 ready
                 to
                 part
                 the
                 next
                 day
                 ,
                 and
                 gave
                 him
                 the
                 general
                 command
                 of
                 the
                 conduct
                 of
                 the
                 voyage
                 .
                 He
                 would
                 have
                 their
                 departure
                 kept
                 secret
                 ,
                 to
                 which
                 end
                 about
                 midnight
                 ,
                 the
                 
                   Sultana
                   Bassée
                
                 ,
                 Prince
                 Osman
                 her
                 Son
                 ,
                 and
                 her
                 Servants
                 being
                 let
                 out
                 at
                 the
                 Garden
                 gate
                 of
                 the
                 Seraglio
                 ,
                 the
                 
                   Grand
                   Signior
                
                 came
                 himself
                 in
                 a
                 disguise
                 to
                 the
                 Sea-side
                 ,
                 to
                 give
                 the
                 Sultana
                 ,
                 and
                 her
                 Son
                 his
                 last
                 kisses
                 .
                 This
                 Princess
                 answered
                 the
                 Sultan's
                 tenderness
                 in
                 such
                 a
                 manner
                 as
                 would
                 have
                 inspired
                 
                 the
                 most
                 insensible
                 Soul
                 with
                 love
                 and
                 sorrow
                 ,
                 
                   Farewel
                   Sir
                   ,
                   said
                   she
                   with
                   a
                   languishing
                   voice
                   ,
                   you
                   will
                   never
                   see
                   me
                   more
                   ,
                   for
                   I
                   am
                   poisoned
                   by
                   my
                   perfidious
                   Rival
                   .
                
                 After
                 these
                 words
                 she
                 went
                 abord
                 the
                 Gally
                 ,
                 and
                 set
                 sail
                 ,
                 leaving
                 Ibrahim
                 in
                 a
                 melancholy
                 which
                 continued
                 upon
                 him
                 for
                 many
                 days
                 .
                 Her
                 last
                 words
                 were
                 imprinted
                 in
                 his
                 Soul
                 ,
                 and
                 perhaps
                 he
                 would
                 presently
                 have
                 made
                 Zaime
                 sensible
                 of
                 his
                 displeasure
                 ,
                 had
                 he
                 not
                 believed
                 her
                 to
                 be
                 with
                 child
                 ,
                 it
                 being
                 his
                 desire
                 to
                 leave
                 a
                 great
                 many
                 children
                 behind
                 him
                 .
                 This
                 inclined
                 him
                 to
                 wait
                 till
                 after
                 her
                 delivery
                 ,
                 to
                 punish
                 her
                 for
                 what
                 she
                 was
                 unjustly
                 accused
                 of
                 .
                 Bassée
                 who
                 it
                 may
                 be
                 had
                 been
                 poisoned
                 by
                 some
                 body
                 else
                 ,
                 was
                 vexed
                 to
                 leave
                 her
                 Rival
                 in
                 the
                 Seraglio
                 ,
                 although
                 she
                 had
                 been
                 promised
                 that
                 she
                 ,
                 and
                 her
                 Son
                 Mahomet
                 should
                 be
                 involved
                 in
                 the
                 
                   Grand
                   Signiors
                
                 ruine
                 .
                 She
                 would
                 rather
                 have
                 had
                 her
                 fall
                 by
                 the
                 Sultans
                 own
                 hand
                 ,
                 and
                 this
                 made
                 her
                 defame
                 this
                 Princess
                 ,
                 who
                 has
                 given
                 too
                 sublime
                 marks
                 of
                 her
                 virtue
                 ,
                 to
                 let
                 the
                 world
                 so
                 much
                 
                 as
                 suspect
                 her
                 of
                 so
                 base
                 a
                 crime
                 .
              
               
                 Those
                 who
                 had
                 conspired
                 the
                 death
                 of
                 Ibrahim
                 ,
                 deferred
                 the
                 execution
                 of
                 their
                 design
                 ,
                 till
                 Bassée
                 and
                 her
                 Son
                 were
                 arrived
                 at
                 Alexandria
                 ;
                 but
                 the
                 Gally
                 which
                 carried
                 them
                 ,
                 being
                 met
                 near
                 the
                 Isle
                 of
                 Rhodes
                 by
                 the
                 Gallies
                 of
                 Malta
                 ,
                 commanded
                 by
                 Boisbaudran
                 the
                 General
                 of
                 the
                 Gallies
                 of
                 that
                 fraternity
                 ,
                 was
                 assaulted
                 ,
                 and
                 made
                 a
                 long
                 and
                 a
                 valiant
                 resistance
                 ,
                 in
                 which
                 the
                 
                   Aga
                   Zomboul
                
                 after
                 he
                 had
                 given
                 proofs
                 of
                 an
                 extraordinary
                 courage
                 ,
                 and
                 done
                 all
                 that
                 a
                 brave
                 man
                 ,
                 and
                 a
                 wise
                 Captain
                 could
                 do
                 on
                 such
                 an
                 occasion
                 ,
                 was
                 shot
                 through
                 the
                 body
                 with
                 a
                 Musket
                 bullet
                 ,
                 which
                 disabled
                 him
                 from
                 fighting
                 any
                 longer
                 .
                 He
                 caused
                 himself
                 to
                 be
                 carried
                 down
                 to
                 the
                 Sultana's
                 Cabin
                 ,
                 where
                 having
                 called
                 the
                 Captains
                 to
                 him
                 ,
                 he
                 counselled
                 them
                 to
                 compound
                 with
                 the
                 Enemy
                 :
                 then
                 kissing
                 young
                 Osman's
                 hand
                 ,
                 and
                 taking
                 leave
                 of
                 his
                 Mother
                 ,
                 he
                 made
                 them
                 carry
                 him
                 up
                 again
                 into
                 the
                 fight
                 ,
                 where
                 he
                 incouraged
                 the
                 Souldiers
                 to
                 the
                 very
                 last
                 .
                 His
                 death
                 disheartned
                 the
                 Turks
                 ,
                 so
                 
                 that
                 the
                 Knights
                 soon
                 became
                 masters
                 of
                 the
                 Vessel
                 ;
                 but
                 the
                 Prize
                 cost
                 the
                 Victors
                 dear
                 .
                 General
                 Boisbaudran
                 performing
                 the
                 part
                 of
                 a
                 great
                 Captain
                 ,
                 died
                 of
                 a
                 Musket
                 shot
                 in
                 his
                 breast
                 .
                 Piancourt
                 ,
                 great
                 Steward
                 to
                 the
                 Grand
                 Master
                 of
                 Maltha
                 ,
                 and
                 Captain
                 of
                 the
                 St.
                 Mary
                 ,
                 was
                 slain
                 as
                 he
                 was
                 drawing
                 an
                 arrow
                 out
                 of
                 his
                 hand
                 :
                 and
                 Monsieur
                 
                   d'
                   Albigre
                
                 a
                 Novice
                 of
                 great
                 hopes
                 ,
                 lost
                 his
                 life
                 there
                 ,
                 with
                 many
                 more
                 gallant
                 Knights
                 .
                 The
                 great
                 booty
                 was
                 but
                 an
                 inconsiderable
                 recompence
                 for
                 the
                 loss
                 of
                 so
                 many
                 brave
                 men
                 .
                 The
                 Sultana
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Prince
                 her
                 Son
                 ,
                 with
                 their
                 train
                 were
                 conducted
                 to
                 the
                 Isle
                 of
                 Malta
                 ;
                 
                 and
                 the
                 news
                 being
                 brought
                 to
                 Constantinople
                 made
                 the
                 Conspirators
                 defer
                 their
                 enterprize
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 
                   Grand
                   Signior
                
                 received
                 the
                 news
                 with
                 inexpressible
                 sorrow
                 ,
                 but
                 when
                 he
                 heard
                 that
                 his
                 dear
                 Bassée
                 was
                 dead
                 ,
                 his
                 grief
                 grew
                 so
                 excessive
                 that
                 he
                 was
                 almost
                 distracted
                 .
                 He
                 continued
                 several
                 days
                 without
                 speaking
                 to
                 any
                 
                 body
                 ;
                 and
                 upon
                 coming
                 a
                 little
                 to
                 himself
                 ,
                 he
                 remembred
                 Bassée's
                 last
                 words
                 at
                 her
                 departure
                 ;
                 which
                 plunged
                 him
                 again
                 into
                 his
                 former
                 despair
                 .
                 He
                 commanded
                 Zaime
                 to
                 be
                 brought
                 to
                 him
                 ,
                 who
                 apprehending
                 his
                 cruelty
                 ,
                 took
                 young
                 Mahomet
                 along
                 with
                 her
                 ,
                 who
                 was
                 then
                 look'd
                 upon
                 as
                 heir
                 to
                 the
                 Empire
                 ,
                 that
                 she
                 might
                 allay
                 the
                 Fathers
                 fury
                 by
                 the
                 presence
                 of
                 his
                 Son
                 :
                 but
                 he
                 would
                 have
                 revenged
                 himself
                 on
                 the
                 Mother
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Son
                 too
                 ,
                 if
                 they
                 had
                 not
                 been
                 delivered
                 out
                 of
                 his
                 hands
                 .
                 As
                 soon
                 as
                 he
                 beheld
                 Zaime
                 ,
                 he
                 reproached
                 her
                 with
                 her
                 treachery
                 ,
                 and
                 without
                 hearing
                 her
                 justification
                 ,
                 which
                 she
                 was
                 ready
                 to
                 make
                 on
                 her
                 knees
                 :
                 he
                 had
                 thrust
                 his
                 Dagger
                 into
                 her
                 breast
                 ,
                 if
                 young
                 Mahomet
                 had
                 not
                 staid
                 his
                 hand
                 ,
                 and
                 received
                 the
                 stroke
                 which
                 he
                 intended
                 to
                 have
                 given
                 his
                 Mother
                 .
                 Hers
                 and
                 the
                 Childs
                 cries
                 brought
                 the
                 
                   Sultana
                   Valide
                
                 ,
                 and
                 some
                 Officers
                 to
                 the
                 place
                 ,
                 who
                 freed
                 them
                 from
                 the
                 danger
                 they
                 were
                 in
                 .
                 The
                 young
                 Prince
                 was
                 hurt
                 above
                 the
                 right
                 eye
                 ,
                 where
                 he
                 has
                 yet
                 a
                 great
                 
                 scar
                 ;
                 which
                 a
                 modern
                 Historian
                 imputes
                 to
                 the
                 scratch
                 of
                 a
                 Diamond
                 ,
                 which
                 Ibrahim
                 had
                 on
                 one
                 day
                 when
                 he
                 gave
                 him
                 a
                 box
                 on
                 the
                 ear
                 .
                 However
                 it
                 was
                 ,
                 this
                 action
                 made
                 a
                 great
                 noise
                 in
                 the
                 Seraglio
                 ,
                 and
                 alarm'd
                 all
                 the
                 City
                 .
                 Every
                 body
                 thought
                 that
                 the
                 Heir
                 of
                 the
                 Empire
                 was
                 dead
                 ;
                 and
                 Ibrahim
                 himself
                 was
                 induced
                 to
                 believe
                 it
                 by
                 the
                 pains
                 that
                 the
                 Sultana
                 took
                 to
                 publish
                 it
                 ,
                 and
                 her
                 making
                 a
                 magnificent
                 Funeral
                 for
                 him
                 ,
                 which
                 filled
                 the
                 Seraglio
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Town
                 with
                 mourning
                 .
              
               
                 He
                 was
                 the
                 only
                 man
                 that
                 shewed
                 no
                 sorrow
                 for
                 so
                 deplorable
                 an
                 accident
                 ,
                 which
                 made
                 him
                 more
                 hated
                 than
                 before
                 .
                 He
                 sought
                 to
                 comfort
                 himself
                 for
                 the
                 death
                 of
                 his
                 beloved
                 Sultana
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 taking
                 of
                 his
                 eldest
                 Son
                 ,
                 by
                 the
                 furious
                 War
                 which
                 the
                 undertook
                 against
                 Malta
                 .
                 He
                 swore
                 to
                 ruine
                 that
                 famous
                 Island
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 destory
                 all
                 the
                 Kinghts
                 that
                 should
                 come
                 into
                 his
                 power
                 :
                 and
                 having
                 learn'd
                 that
                 they
                 were
                 French
                 Knights
                 that
                 took
                 his
                 Gally
                 ,
                 he
                 could
                 hardly
                 forbear
                 violating
                 the
                 person
                 of
                 the
                 
                   Sieur
                   
                   de
                   Harley
                
                 ,
                 Count
                 of
                 Cis●
                 ,
                 then
                 Embassador
                 of
                 France
                 ,
                 at
                 the
                 Port
                 ,
                 who
                 retired
                 to
                 Pera
                 to
                 escape
                 his
                 fury
                 .
                 He
                 would
                 have
                 massacred
                 all
                 the
                 French
                 in
                 his
                 Dominions
                 ,
                 if
                 the
                 Aga
                 of
                 the
                 Eunuchs
                 who
                 was
                 very
                 powerful
                 with
                 him
                 ,
                 had
                 not
                 hinder'd
                 him
                 by
                 Remonstrances
                 that
                 had
                 very
                 near
                 cost
                 him
                 his
                 life
                 .
                 His
                 cruelty
                 augmenting
                 more
                 and
                 more
                 ,
                 fell
                 upon
                 the
                 chief
                 Officers
                 of
                 the
                 Empire
                 .
                 One
                 Hussein
                 whom
                 from
                 a
                 poor
                 Shepherd
                 the
                 Sultan
                 had
                 raised
                 to
                 an
                 eminent
                 condition
                 ,
                 because
                 during
                 his
                 confinement
                 he
                 had
                 diverted
                 him
                 with
                 his
                 Pipe
                 ,
                 and
                 Country
                 Songs
                 ,
                 feeding
                 his
                 Sheep
                 near
                 the
                 Prison
                 ,
                 helped
                 to
                 nourish
                 his
                 brutish
                 passions
                 .
                 The
                 
                   Grand
                   Signior
                
                 gave
                 credit
                 to
                 none
                 but
                 this
                 man
                 ,
                 who
                 being
                 jealous
                 of
                 the
                 authority
                 of
                 the
                 Grandees
                 of
                 the
                 Port
                 ,
                 endeavour'd
                 to
                 build
                 his
                 reputation
                 on
                 the
                 ruine
                 of
                 their
                 fortune
                 .
                 To
                 this
                 end
                 ,
                 he
                 caused
                 Mahomet
                 the
                 
                   Grand
                   Visier
                
                 to
                 be
                 strangled
                 ,
                 for
                 going
                 about
                 to
                 disswade
                 the
                 
                   Grand
                   Signor
                
                 from
                 the
                 War
                 of
                 Malta
                 ,
                 the
                 event
                 of
                 which
                 he
                 judged
                 to
                 be
                 very
                 dangerous
                 .
                 This
                 
                 wholsom
                 advice
                 was
                 the
                 reason
                 of
                 his
                 death
                 ,
                 which
                 was
                 followed
                 by
                 that
                 of
                 Bekir
                 ,
                 Captain
                 General
                 of
                 the
                 Sea
                 ;
                 but
                 whatsoever
                 is
                 too
                 violent
                 cannot
                 last
                 long
                 .
                 
                   Zelim
                   Achmet
                
                 ,
                 Governour
                 of
                 Syria
                 ,
                 and
                 
                   Baruth
                   ,
                   Mahomet
                
                 Coprogli's
                 enemy
                 was
                 made
                 
                   Grand
                   Visier
                
                 by
                 the
                 favour
                 of
                 the
                 Traitor
                 Hussain
                 ,
                 who
                 was
                 his
                 particular
                 friend
                 ;
                 either
                 made
                 so
                 by
                 presents
                 ,
                 or
                 that
                 the
                 sympathy
                 of
                 their
                 ill
                 nature
                 had
                 begot
                 their
                 friendship
                 .
                 Achmet
                 was
                 no
                 sooner
                 raised
                 to
                 this
                 high
                 charge
                 ,
                 but
                 he
                 thought
                 of
                 overthrowing
                 all
                 those
                 whose
                 fortune
                 gave
                 him
                 any
                 suspicion
                 .
                 He
                 wanted
                 but
                 little
                 of
                 ruining
                 Valide
                 ,
                 and
                 Zaime
                 ,
                 by
                 the
                 counsel
                 he
                 gave
                 the
                 Emperour
                 ,
                 because
                 they
                 had
                 heretofore
                 thwarted
                 his
                 interest
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Sultan
                 who
                 had
                 resolved
                 whatsoever
                 it
                 cost
                 him
                 to
                 be
                 revenged
                 on
                 the
                 Knights
                 of
                 Malta
                 ,
                 seeing
                 himself
                 disswaded
                 from
                 that
                 expedition
                 ,
                 that
                 his
                 great
                 preparations
                 might
                 not
                 be
                 fruitless
                 ,
                 chose
                 the
                 Isle
                 of
                 Candy
                 and
                 the
                 Dominions
                 of
                 the
                 Venetians
                 to
                 be
                 the
                 object
                 of
                 his
                 vengeance
                 ,
                 sending
                 all
                 his
                 Forces
                 to
                 the
                 
                 conquest
                 of
                 the
                 ancient
                 Kingdom
                 of
                 Crete
                 ,
                 under
                 the
                 conduct
                 of
                 
                   Mahomet
                   Bassa
                
                 ,
                 who
                 commanded
                 the
                 Land
                 Army
                 ,
                 and
                 of
                 Saffi
                 ,
                 who
                 in
                 right
                 of
                 his
                 charge
                 of
                 Captain
                 General
                 of
                 the
                 Sea
                 ,
                 which
                 Ibrahim
                 had
                 bestowed
                 on
                 him
                 after
                 the
                 death
                 of
                 Bekir
                 who
                 succeeded
                 Pial
                 ,
                 commanded
                 the
                 Fleet.
                 These
                 Generals
                 attacked
                 Canea
                 ,
                 and
                 took
                 it
                 ,
                 notwithstanding
                 the
                 vigorous
                 resistance
                 of
                 the
                 Governour
                 
                   Antonio
                   Navario
                
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 succours
                 which
                 
                   Andrea
                   Cornaro
                
                 the
                 General
                 of
                 Candy
                 sent
                 thither
                 ,
                 under
                 the
                 Colonels
                 Angeli
                 and
                 Iustiniani
                 ,
                 who
                 signalized
                 their
                 address
                 and
                 courage
                 ,
                 on
                 this
                 occasion
                 ,
                 as
                 they
                 have
                 done
                 on
                 a
                 thousand
                 others
                 .
                 They
                 continued
                 the
                 War
                 three
                 years
                 with
                 great
                 disadvantage
                 ,
                 and
                 with
                 such
                 excessive
                 charge
                 ,
                 as
                 exhausted
                 
                 Ibrahim's
                 Coffers
                 ,
                 without
                 making
                 any
                 great
                 progress
                 ;
                 which
                 either
                 proceeded
                 from
                 the
                 Venetians
                 couragious
                 defence
                 ,
                 or
                 from
                 the
                 frequent
                 change
                 of
                 the
                 Generals
                 ,
                 who
                 out
                 of
                 jealousie
                 ,
                 or
                 vanity
                 ,
                 acted
                 quite
                 contrary
                 to
                 their
                 predecessors
                 .
              
               
               
                 In
                 the
                 mean
                 time
                 the
                 Army
                 required
                 continual
                 supplies
                 of
                 necessary
                 provision
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 General
                 
                   Vssain
                   Bassa
                
                 was
                 very
                 importunate
                 for
                 money
                 to
                 maintain
                 his
                 Troops
                 ;
                 which
                 not
                 being
                 sent
                 ,
                 he
                 suffered
                 the
                 Janizaries
                 who
                 were
                 in
                 Candy
                 to
                 return
                 to
                 Constantinople
                 to
                 demand
                 their
                 pay
                 ,
                 and
                 be
                 relieved
                 by
                 their
                 Companions
                 ;
                 who
                 seeing
                 those
                 who
                 came
                 back
                 so
                 ill
                 satisfied
                 ,
                 refused
                 to
                 embarque
                 unless
                 they
                 were
                 paid
                 beforehand
                 ,
                 which
                 so
                 provoked
                 the
                 
                   Grand
                   Signior
                
                 that
                 he
                 threatned
                 the
                 
                   Grand
                   Visier
                   Achmet
                
                 with
                 the
                 loss
                 of
                 his
                 head
                 ,
                 if
                 he
                 did
                 not
                 find
                 money
                 to
                 carry
                 on
                 the
                 War.
                 This
                 base
                 Minister
                 was
                 glad
                 of
                 this
                 absolute
                 order
                 ,
                 which
                 was
                 a
                 sufficient
                 pretence
                 for
                 him
                 to
                 lay
                 extraordinary
                 impositions
                 on
                 the
                 people
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 spoil
                 all
                 those
                 Bassa's
                 and
                 Governours
                 of
                 Provinces
                 ,
                 of
                 their
                 riches
                 ,
                 whose
                 power
                 he
                 either
                 suspected
                 ,
                 or
                 envied
                 .
                 To
                 this
                 purpose
                 he
                 summoned
                 several
                 of
                 them
                 to
                 give
                 an
                 account
                 to
                 the
                 Treasurers
                 of
                 the
                 Exchequer
                 ,
                 not
                 forgetting
                 
                   Mahomet
                   Coprogli
                
                 ,
                 whom
                 he
                 imprisoned
                 ,
                 with
                 a
                 great
                 many
                 more
                 ,
                 as
                 
                 innocent
                 as
                 himself
                 .
                 But
                 he
                 set
                 himself
                 particularly
                 to
                 persecute
                 him
                 ,
                 whom
                 he
                 had
                 now
                 gotten
                 into
                 the
                 snare
                 which
                 he
                 had
                 so
                 long
                 laid
                 for
                 him
                 .
                 He
                 thought
                 he
                 had
                 now
                 met
                 with
                 a
                 lucky
                 opportunity
                 of
                 revenging
                 the
                 affronts
                 he
                 had
                 received
                 from
                 him
                 ,
                 both
                 in
                 his
                 love
                 ,
                 and
                 his
                 fortune
                 .
                 He
                 no
                 longer
                 feared
                 the
                 
                   Sultana
                   Zaime
                
                 ,
                 who
                 had
                 ever
                 protected
                 his
                 enemy
                 ,
                 against
                 whom
                 he
                 had
                 maliciously
                 fomented
                 the
                 
                   Grand
                   Signiors
                
                 displeasure
                 since
                 the
                 death
                 of
                 the
                 
                   Sultana
                   Bassée
                
                 ;
                 and
                 he
                 already
                 beheld
                 the
                 ruine
                 of
                 unfortunate
                 Mahomet
                 with
                 pleasure
                 :
                 but
                 to
                 accomplish
                 his
                 vengeance
                 he
                 had
                 a
                 mind
                 to
                 make
                 him
                 perish
                 shamefully
                 ,
                 by
                 accusing
                 him
                 ,
                 as
                 well
                 as
                 the
                 rest
                 of
                 the
                 Bassa's
                 and
                 Beys
                 (
                 whom
                 he
                 had
                 imprisoned
                 )
                 of
                 extortion
                 ,
                 and
                 rapine
                 .
                 Though
                 
                   Mahomet
                   Coprogli
                
                 was
                 innocent
                 ,
                 his
                 behaviour
                 having
                 always
                 been
                 unblameable
                 ;
                 yet
                 he
                 could
                 not
                 but
                 apprehend
                 so
                 dangerous
                 an
                 enemy
                 ,
                 who
                 without
                 doubt
                 would
                 have
                 brought
                 his
                 pernicious
                 design
                 to
                 pass
                 ,
                 if
                 he
                 had
                 not
                 been
                 obliged
                 to
                 neglect
                 his
                 revenge
                 ,
                 to
                 take
                 care
                 of
                 
                 his
                 own
                 life
                 ,
                 which
                 was
                 odious
                 to
                 all
                 the
                 world
                 .
                 The
                 injustice
                 of
                 this
                 
                   Grand
                   Visier
                
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 crimes
                 which
                 he
                 committed
                 every
                 day
                 by
                 sending
                 persons
                 of
                 all
                 ages
                 and
                 conditions
                 to
                 execution
                 ,
                 on
                 the
                 least
                 suspicion
                 ,
                 and
                 frequently
                 without
                 any
                 other
                 ground
                 ,
                 than
                 the
                 satisfaction
                 of
                 his
                 Hatred
                 ,
                 and
                 Avarice
                 ,
                 or
                 the
                 keeping
                 up
                 of
                 his
                 Authority
                 ,
                 were
                 not
                 to
                 be
                 indured
                 .
                 The
                 Grandees
                 of
                 the
                 Empire
                 ,
                 the
                 Mufti
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 
                   Sultana
                   Valide
                
                 her self
                 thought
                 it
                 not
                 fit
                 to
                 defer
                 the
                 performance
                 of
                 their
                 design
                 any
                 longer
                 .
                 They
                 foresaw
                 the
                 ruine
                 of
                 the
                 State
                 ,
                 if
                 the
                 Government
                 should
                 continue
                 in
                 the
                 hands
                 of
                 such
                 a
                 lewd
                 hairbrain'd
                 Emperor
                 ,
                 who
                 committed
                 the
                 Sovereign
                 Authority
                 of
                 the
                 powerfullest
                 Empire
                 in
                 the
                 world
                 ,
                 to
                 two
                 of
                 the
                 basest
                 Ministers
                 that
                 ever
                 mannaged
                 publick
                 Affairs
                 .
                 They
                 resolved
                 to
                 take
                 away
                 the
                 root
                 of
                 all
                 the
                 mischiefs
                 that
                 threatned
                 them
                 ,
                 by
                 depriving
                 an
                 unworthy
                 Prince
                 of
                 his
                 Power
                 ,
                 and
                 by
                 punishing
                 the
                 crimes
                 of
                 the
                 
                   Grand
                   Visier
                   Achmet
                
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Traytor
                 Hussein
                 .
                 The
                 people
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Janizaries
                 were
                 
                 easily
                 brought
                 into
                 the
                 Conspiracy
                 ,
                 being
                 both
                 weary
                 of
                 the
                 Tyranny
                 .
                 The
                 people
                 were
                 so
                 oppressed
                 by
                 the
                 
                   Grand
                   Visier
                
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Souldiers
                 so
                 provoked
                 for
                 want
                 of
                 their
                 pay
                 ,
                 that
                 they
                 offered
                 to
                 set
                 the
                 Seraglio
                 on
                 fire
                 .
                 The
                 Mufti
                 ,
                 Who
                 is
                 the
                 chief
                 Priest
                 of
                 the
                 Turkish
                 Law
                 ,
                 the
                 Kadileskess
                 who
                 are
                 the
                 Judges
                 ,
                 the
                 Visiers
                 and
                 Bassa's
                 who
                 are
                 the
                 Chancellors
                 of
                 State
                 ,
                 and
                 Intendents
                 of
                 Provinces
                 ,
                 the
                 Aga
                 of
                 the
                 Janizaries
                 ,
                 who
                 is
                 Colonel
                 of
                 all
                 the
                 Infantry
                 ,
                 the
                 Captain
                 who
                 is
                 Admiral
                 of
                 the
                 Sea
                 ,
                 and
                 generally
                 all
                 the
                 principal
                 Officers
                 revolted
                 with
                 one
                 accord
                 .
                 The
                 Sedition
                 was
                 begun
                 by
                 the
                 request
                 which
                 the
                 Mufti
                 made
                 to
                 Ibrahim
                 ,
                 in
                 the
                 name
                 of
                 the
                 whole
                 State
                 ,
                 to
                 have
                 the
                 
                   Grand
                   Visier
                   Achmet
                
                 punished
                 .
                 The
                 Sultan
                 provoked
                 by
                 this
                 boldness
                 ,
                 commanded
                 his
                 Guard
                 to
                 chastise
                 the
                 Mutineers
                 for
                 making
                 such
                 an
                 impudent
                 proposition
                 ;
                 but
                 the
                 Janizaries
                 were
                 too
                 much
                 incensed
                 to
                 obey
                 him
                 ;
                 which
                 forced
                 him
                 to
                 flie
                 to
                 the
                 
                   Sultana
                   Valide
                
                 ,
                 his
                 Mother
                 ,
                 who
                 had
                 fomented
                 the
                 Rebellion
                 ,
                 that
                 she
                 might
                 revenge
                 the
                 
                 wrongs
                 she
                 had
                 suffered
                 from
                 her
                 Son
                 by
                 the
                 counsel
                 of
                 the
                 
                   Grand
                   Visier
                
                 ,
                 whom
                 with
                 the
                 Traitor
                 
                   Hussein
                   ,
                   Ibrahim
                
                 delivered
                 up
                 to
                 the
                 people
                 to
                 be
                 torn
                 in
                 pieces
                 ;
                 naming
                 Mahomet
                 a
                 popular
                 man
                 who
                 was
                 threescore
                 and
                 ten
                 years
                 old
                 ,
                 to
                 supply
                 his
                 place
                 ,
                 not
                 being
                 able
                 to
                 appease
                 the
                 Rebels
                 any
                 other
                 way
                 .
                 But
                 they
                 were
                 not
                 satisfied
                 with
                 this
                 ,
                 they
                 would
                 have
                 Ibrahim
                 himself
                 come
                 and
                 render
                 an
                 account
                 of
                 his
                 actions
                 before
                 the
                 Mufti
                 ,
                 who
                 summoned
                 him
                 before
                 the
                 Divan
                 or
                 Consul
                 ,
                 by
                 sending
                 a
                 Kadilesker
                 to
                 him
                 ,
                 whom
                 the
                 Sultan
                 slighted
                 ,
                 and
                 tore
                 the
                 Fetfa
                 ,
                 which
                 is
                 a
                 summons
                 to
                 appear
                 before
                 the
                 Judges
                 .
                 This
                 being
                 reiterated
                 in
                 vain
                 ,
                 the
                 Mufti
                 ,
                 with
                 the
                 Visiers
                 ,
                 the
                 Bassa's
                 ,
                 and
                 other
                 Officers
                 went
                 to
                 the
                 Seraglio
                 ,
                 and
                 took
                 him
                 by
                 force
                 out
                 of
                 his
                 Mothers
                 arms
                 ,
                 and
                 carried
                 him
                 to
                 the
                 prison
                 ,
                 in
                 which
                 he
                 was
                 brought
                 up
                 ;
                 where
                 ten
                 days
                 after
                 he
                 was
                 Strangled
                 ,
                 
                 his
                 Son
                 Mahomet
                 who
                 was
                 then
                 about
                 seven
                 years
                 old
                 ,
                 
                 being
                 placed
                 in
                 the
                 Imperial
                 Throne
                 ,
                 and
                 
                 publickly
                 proclaimed
                 Emperor
                 of
                 the
                 Turks
                 ,
                 and
                 his
                 Mother
                 Zaime
                 ,
                 Regent
                 ,
                 during
                 his
                 minority
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Sultana
                 was
                 assisted
                 by
                 a
                 Council
                 of
                 twelve
                 Bassa's
                 ,
                 who
                 were
                 to
                 deliberate
                 with
                 her
                 concerning
                 Affairs
                 of
                 State
                 ;
                 in
                 which
                 she
                 was
                 so
                 well
                 versed
                 ,
                 that
                 she
                 soon
                 obtained
                 Authority
                 enough
                 to
                 make
                 any
                 thing
                 pass
                 in
                 the
                 Divan
                 ,
                 which
                 she
                 had
                 resolved
                 in
                 her
                 Closet
                 ,
                 and
                 discharged
                 the
                 
                   Grand
                   Visier
                
                 of
                 a
                 great
                 deal
                 of
                 trouble
                 which
                 she
                 was
                 willing
                 to
                 take
                 upon
                 her self
                 .
                 And
                 not
                 long
                 after
                 ,
                 the
                 Visier
                 died
                 ,
                 leaving
                 the
                 Sultana
                 at
                 liberty
                 to
                 bestow
                 his
                 place
                 on
                 one
                 of
                 her
                 own
                 creatures
                 .
              
               
                 However
                 she
                 was
                 forced
                 to
                 use
                 great
                 caution
                 ,
                 in
                 the
                 choice
                 of
                 this
                 Minister
                 ,
                 Policy
                 instructed
                 her
                 not
                 to
                 raise
                 one
                 that
                 might
                 intrench
                 upon
                 her
                 power
                 ,
                 or
                 one
                 who
                 by
                 displeasing
                 the
                 Grandees
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 People
                 ,
                 might
                 render
                 her
                 odious
                 to
                 them
                 both
                 .
                 She
                 had
                 fresh
                 examples
                 before
                 her
                 eyes
                 ,
                 of
                 the
                 fatal
                 consequence
                 of
                 such
                 Elections
                 ,
                 and
                 of
                 the
                 dangers
                 that
                 the
                 Sultans
                 were
                 exposed
                 to
                 by
                 
                 the
                 imprudence
                 of
                 their
                 Ministers
                 .
                 Dissimulation
                 is
                 a
                 virtue
                 in
                 Princes
                 ;
                 she
                 had
                 already
                 formed
                 her
                 design
                 in
                 her
                 head
                 ,
                 nothing
                 remaining
                 but
                 to
                 put
                 it
                 handsomly
                 in
                 execution
                 ;
                 to
                 which
                 end
                 ,
                 she
                 caused
                 the
                 Divan
                 or
                 Council
                 of
                 State
                 of
                 the
                 Ottoman
                 Empire
                 to
                 be
                 assembled
                 ;
                 to
                 which
                 the
                 Mufti
                 ,
                 and
                 all
                 the
                 great
                 men
                 of
                 the
                 Port
                 were
                 summoned
                 .
                 She
                 represented
                 to
                 them
                 that
                 by
                 the
                 death
                 of
                 Mahomet
                 ,
                 the
                 Office
                 of
                 the
                 
                   Visier
                   Azem
                
                 was
                 vacant
                 in
                 a
                 time
                 ,
                 that
                 considering
                 the
                 great
                 Wars
                 he
                 was
                 ingaged
                 in
                 with
                 his
                 most
                 cruel
                 Enemies
                 ,
                 more
                 than
                 every
                 required
                 an
                 able
                 and
                 experienced
                 Minister
                 to
                 support
                 the
                 weakness
                 of
                 the
                 Sultan
                 ,
                 who
                 could
                 not
                 in
                 many
                 years
                 be
                 capable
                 of
                 taking
                 care
                 of
                 his
                 Empire
                 himself
                 .
                 She
                 told
                 them
                 that
                 the
                 Treasures
                 were
                 exhausted
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 she
                 had
                 brought
                 them
                 together
                 ,
                 to
                 take
                 their
                 advice
                 in
                 such
                 pressing
                 necessities
                 :
                 adding
                 ,
                 that
                 it
                 was
                 requisite
                 to
                 re-establish
                 the
                 ancient
                 Taxes
                 ,
                 without
                 oppressing
                 the
                 people
                 ,
                 who
                 had
                 suffered
                 so
                 much
                 in
                 the
                 last
                 Emperors
                 time
                 ,
                 that
                 they
                 
                 must
                 not
                 think
                 of
                 laying
                 new
                 imposts
                 on
                 them
                 .
                 She
                 protested
                 to
                 them
                 that
                 she
                 would
                 wholly
                 resign
                 her self
                 up
                 to
                 their
                 counsel
                 ,
                 in
                 the
                 sovereign
                 administration
                 which
                 the
                 Divan
                 had
                 conferr'd
                 on
                 her
                 (
                 an
                 honour
                 that
                 had
                 not
                 been
                 done
                 to
                 any
                 Sultana
                 before
                 her
                 )
                 especially
                 since
                 it
                 was
                 composed
                 of
                 persons
                 so
                 well
                 able
                 to
                 govern
                 as
                 they
                 were
                 .
                 At
                 last
                 she
                 concluded
                 her
                 discourse
                 with
                 a
                 command
                 to
                 them
                 to
                 give
                 their
                 votes
                 for
                 him
                 whom
                 they
                 thought
                 fittest
                 to
                 be
                 her
                 partner
                 in
                 power
                 ,
                 and
                 Lieutenant
                 General
                 of
                 the
                 Empire
                 .
                 She
                 foresaw
                 that
                 by
                 this
                 means
                 she
                 should
                 make
                 the
                 Visiers
                 and
                 
                 Bassa's
                 so
                 jealous
                 of
                 one
                 another
                 ,
                 that
                 they
                 would
                 not
                 resolve
                 to
                 choose
                 any
                 particular
                 man
                 ,
                 which
                 was
                 the
                 thing
                 she
                 wished
                 ;
                 and
                 it
                 fell
                 out
                 according
                 to
                 her
                 expectation
                 :
                 for
                 all
                 those
                 who
                 aspired
                 to
                 the
                 place
                 ,
                 being
                 ashamed
                 to
                 ask
                 it
                 ,
                 were
                 unwilling
                 to
                 give
                 their
                 votes
                 for
                 another
                 :
                 and
                 when
                 she
                 pressed
                 them
                 to
                 declare
                 themselves
                 ,
                 they
                 very
                 submissively
                 desired
                 her
                 to
                 make
                 the
                 choice
                 her self
                 ,
                 since
                 whatever
                 liberty
                 she
                 had
                 given
                 them
                 of
                 
                 electing
                 a
                 
                   Grand
                   Visier
                
                 ,
                 yet
                 there
                 could
                 be
                 none
                 but
                 such
                 a
                 one
                 as
                 she
                 should
                 approve
                 ;
                 which
                 inclined
                 them
                 rather
                 to
                 deserve
                 her
                 favour
                 by
                 their
                 obedience
                 .
                 The
                 
                   Grand
                   Sultana
                
                 who
                 understood
                 their
                 meaning
                 ,
                 was
                 glad
                 to
                 see
                 her
                 designs
                 succeed
                 so
                 well
                 .
                 She
                 assured
                 them
                 she
                 would
                 not
                 abuse
                 the
                 trust
                 they
                 reposed
                 in
                 her
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 she
                 would
                 make
                 such
                 a
                 choice
                 as
                 should
                 be
                 to
                 their
                 satisfaction
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 ingage
                 them
                 the
                 more
                 ,
                 she
                 told
                 them
                 it
                 was
                 necessary
                 to
                 supply
                 those
                 Governments
                 which
                 were
                 vacant
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 examine
                 the
                 accusations
                 of
                 those
                 
                   Bassa's
                   ,
                   Beys
                
                 ,
                 and
                 Sangiacks
                 ,
                 whom
                 Ibrahim
                 had
                 imprison'd
                 before
                 his
                 death
                 ,
                 some
                 for
                 Rapine
                 ,
                 others
                 for
                 imbezelling
                 the
                 Publick
                 Treasure
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 innocent
                 might
                 be
                 freed
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 guilty
                 punished
                 .
                 This
                 was
                 a
                 nice
                 proposition
                 ,
                 and
                 sensibly
                 touched
                 those
                 Visiers
                 and
                 Bassa's
                 who
                 protected
                 the
                 prisoners
                 ,
                 and
                 had
                 contributed
                 to
                 
                 Ibrahim's
                 destruction
                 .
                 But
                 the
                 Sultana
                 was
                 glad
                 to
                 find
                 this
                 means
                 to
                 reproach
                 them
                 with
                 the
                 death
                 of
                 her
                 Husband
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 oblige
                 them
                 to
                 give
                 her
                 some
                 satisfaction
                 
                   
                   Since
                   the
                   love
                   of
                   your
                   Country
                   ,
                   and
                   the
                   interest
                   of
                   State
                   ,
                   said
                   she
                   ,
                   caused
                   you
                   to
                   remedy
                   the
                   disorders
                   of
                   the
                   Government
                   ,
                   by
                   summoning
                   my
                   Lord
                   ,
                   and
                   your
                   Emperour
                   to
                   the
                   Tribunal
                   ,
                   you
                   ought
                   to
                   continue
                   your
                   justice
                   to
                   all
                   the
                   world
                   ,
                   by
                   relieving
                   the
                   innocent
                   ,
                   who
                   indure
                   those
                   pains
                   which
                   are
                   only
                   due
                   to
                   the
                   criminal
                   :
                   and
                   it
                   were
                   of
                   odious
                   example
                   if
                   they
                   should
                   escape
                   that
                   punishment
                   to
                   which
                   you
                   condemned
                   an
                   Emperor
                   who
                   certainly
                   was
                   not
                   faulty
                   ,
                   if
                   you
                   think
                   those
                   whose
                   Sentence
                   you
                   defer
                   ,
                   innocent
                   .
                
                 As
                 she
                 said
                 these
                 words
                 ,
                 she
                 let
                 fall
                 some
                 tears
                 ,
                 which
                 she
                 presently
                 wiped
                 away
                 ,
                 for
                 fear
                 of
                 provoking
                 those
                 ,
                 whom
                 she
                 intended
                 to
                 mannage
                 to
                 her
                 advantage
                 .
                 She
                 added
                 ,
                 
                   That
                   although
                   Sovereigns
                   are
                   above
                   all
                   Laws
                   ,
                   and
                   Subjects
                   have
                   no
                   power
                   to
                   call
                   them
                   to
                   an
                   account
                   of
                   their
                   actions
                   ,
                   yet
                   the
                   Sultan
                   her
                   Son
                   would
                   forget
                   what
                   was
                   passed
                   ,
                   and
                   she
                   would
                   sacrifice
                   all
                   her
                   resentment
                   to
                   the
                   furtherance
                   of
                   that
                   Justice
                   ,
                
                 which
                 she
                 doubted
                 
                 not
                 but
                 they
                 would
                 render
                 to
                 those
                 who
                 expected
                 it
                 from
                 them
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Sultanas
                 discourse
                 was
                 very
                 surprising
                 to
                 the
                 Visiers
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Bassa's
                 ,
                 who
                 had
                 rather
                 have
                 set
                 the
                 Prisoners
                 at
                 liberty
                 ,
                 without
                 any
                 farther
                 inquiry
                 .
                 But
                 the
                 Divan
                 was
                 concerned
                 in
                 honour
                 to
                 approve
                 of
                 her
                 advice
                 ,
                 lest
                 they
                 should
                 be
                 thought
                 to
                 exercise
                 their
                 Justice
                 on
                 none
                 but
                 their
                 Princes
                 .
                 Commissioners
                 therefore
                 were
                 named
                 to
                 go
                 along
                 with
                 the
                 Nectangi
                 or
                 Secretary
                 of
                 State
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Tefterdar
                 or
                 Treasurer
                 General
                 of
                 the
                 Revenue
                 ,
                 to
                 visit
                 the
                 Prisons
                 .
                 There
                 they
                 found
                 
                   Mahomet
                   Coprogli
                
                 ,
                 who
                 seeing
                 himself
                 among
                 a
                 great
                 many
                 Criminals
                 ,
                 had
                 insinuated
                 himself
                 so
                 into
                 his
                 companions
                 in
                 misery
                 ,
                 that
                 with
                 too
                 much
                 freedom
                 they
                 made
                 him
                 ,
                 whom
                 they
                 believed
                 as
                 guilty
                 as
                 themselves
                 ,
                 the
                 confident
                 of
                 their
                 crimes
                 :
                 but
                 he
                 did
                 it
                 with
                 design
                 to
                 make
                 an
                 advantage
                 of
                 their
                 easiness
                 ,
                 either
                 of
                 his
                 own
                 accord
                 ,
                 or
                 by
                 the
                 command
                 of
                 the
                 Sultana
                 ,
                 who
                 made
                 use
                 of
                 this
                 invention
                 as
                 a
                 means
                 to
                 promote
                 him
                 to
                 that
                 dignity
                 which
                 
                 she
                 intended
                 for
                 him
                 .
                 She
                 knew
                 where
                 his
                 prison
                 was
                 as
                 soon
                 as
                 he
                 was
                 led
                 thither
                 ,
                 and
                 Fatima
                 who
                 was
                 very
                 dear
                 to
                 her
                 because
                 of
                 the
                 care
                 she
                 took
                 in
                 the
                 Education
                 of
                 the
                 Princess
                 Iohaime
                 her
                 Daughter
                 ,
                 continually
                 solicited
                 her
                 to
                 use
                 her
                 Authority
                 in
                 setting
                 her
                 Husband
                 at
                 liberty
                 ,
                 which
                 she
                 could
                 not
                 do
                 ,
                 being
                 her self
                 in
                 disgrace
                 at
                 that
                 time
                 .
                 However
                 she
                 might
                 have
                 freed
                 him
                 as
                 soon
                 as
                 she
                 was
                 possessed
                 of
                 the
                 Sovereign
                 Power
                 ,
                 but
                 it
                 was
                 
                 Coprogli's
                 interest
                 to
                 remain
                 in
                 prison
                 then
                 ,
                 when
                 his
                 enlargement
                 would
                 have
                 been
                 fatal
                 to
                 him
                 ,
                 because
                 of
                 the
                 Sedition
                 of
                 the
                 Janizaries
                 ,
                 who
                 having
                 already
                 murdered
                 some
                 of
                 the
                 chief
                 of
                 the
                 Port
                 ,
                 would
                 certainly
                 have
                 destroyed
                 him
                 to
                 have
                 weaken'd
                 
                 Zaime's
                 party
                 .
                 She
                 esteemed
                 him
                 not
                 only
                 for
                 his
                 Wifes
                 sake
                 ,
                 but
                 for
                 his
                 own
                 merit
                 ,
                 and
                 left
                 nothing
                 undone
                 to
                 preserve
                 him
                 .
                 She
                 secretly
                 disposed
                 the
                 Commissioners
                 to
                 inform
                 themselves
                 particularly
                 of
                 Mahomet
                 Coprogli's
                 case
                 ,
                 who
                 behaved
                 himself
                 so
                 well
                 ,
                 that
                 every
                 thing
                 seemed
                 to
                 fall
                 out
                 naturally
                 :
                 for
                 when
                 
                 he
                 had
                 fully
                 justified
                 himself
                 from
                 all
                 the
                 Crimes
                 that
                 were
                 laid
                 to
                 his
                 charge
                 ,
                 he
                 demanded
                 with
                 submission
                 ,
                 which
                 yet
                 shewed
                 his
                 courage
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 greatness
                 of
                 his
                 soul
                 ,
                 whether
                 his
                 death
                 was
                 decreed
                 .
                 
                   I
                   am
                   ready
                   ,
                   said
                   he
                   ,
                   to
                   suffer
                   it
                   with
                   patience
                   though
                   my
                   life
                   might
                   perhaps
                   be
                   very
                   useful
                   to
                   the
                   State
                   :
                   wherefore
                   I
                   desire
                   my
                   Judges
                   to
                   lead
                   me
                   to
                   the
                   Sultan
                   before
                   I
                   go
                   to
                   Execution
                   ,
                   that
                   I
                   may
                   acquaint
                   him
                   with
                   a
                   secret
                   ,
                   which
                   I
                   will
                   discover
                   to
                   none
                   but
                   his
                   Highness
                   ,
                   or
                   the
                   
                     Great
                     Sultana
                  
                   .
                
                 These
                 speeches
                 were
                 reported
                 in
                 full
                 Divan
                 ,
                 where
                 the
                 Mufti
                 ,
                 the
                 Visiers
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Bassa's
                 knowing
                 Zaime
                 had
                 a
                 kindness
                 for
                 Coprogli
                 ,
                 desired
                 her
                 earnestly
                 ,
                 to
                 be
                 just
                 to
                 so
                 brave
                 a
                 man
                 ,
                 to
                 hear
                 what
                 he
                 had
                 to
                 say
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 reward
                 his
                 merit
                 .
                 She
                 willing
                 to
                 take
                 the
                 advantage
                 of
                 their
                 zeal
                 ,
                 to
                 accomplish
                 her
                 design
                 ,
                 commanded
                 them
                 to
                 send
                 for
                 that
                 important
                 man
                 who
                 had
                 the
                 applause
                 of
                 the
                 whole
                 
                   Divan
                   .
                   Coprogli
                
                 ,
                 when
                 he
                 came
                 ,
                 by
                 his
                 good
                 Min
                 ,
                 and
                 eloquence
                 ,
                 confirmed
                 the
                 opinion
                 that
                 had
                 been
                 conceived
                 of
                 
                 him
                 :
                 and
                 the
                 
                   Grand
                   Sultana
                
                 ,
                 after
                 she
                 had
                 inlarged
                 upon
                 the
                 report
                 that
                 had
                 been
                 made
                 her
                 of
                 his
                 virtue
                 and
                 merit
                 ,
                 asked
                 him
                 what
                 it
                 was
                 he
                 had
                 to
                 impart
                 to
                 his
                 Highness
                 .
                 And
                 when
                 she
                 had
                 learn'd
                 that
                 it
                 was
                 an
                 infallible
                 expedient
                 to
                 replenish
                 the
                 
                   Grand
                   Signiors
                
                 Coffers
                 without
                 oppressing
                 the
                 people
                 ,
                 or
                 raising
                 new
                 Taxes
                 ,
                 she
                 declared
                 him
                 
                   Visier
                   Azem
                
                 by
                 the
                 authority
                 of
                 the
                 Sultan
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Divan
                 .
                 The
                 whole
                 Assembly
                 was
                 exceedingly
                 astonished
                 at
                 this
                 ,
                 having
                 never
                 so
                 much
                 as
                 dreamt
                 ,
                 that
                 Coprogli
                 should
                 have
                 been
                 brought
                 out
                 of
                 prison
                 to
                 be
                 raised
                 to
                 the
                 first
                 charge
                 of
                 the
                 Empire
                 .
                 But
                 the
                 Visiers
                 had
                 consented
                 to
                 it
                 themselves
                 ,
                 by
                 the
                 information
                 they
                 had
                 given
                 the
                 Sultana
                 in
                 favour
                 of
                 him
                 whom
                 she
                 named
                 .
                 Every
                 one
                 murmured
                 secretly
                 ,
                 though
                 they
                 did
                 not
                 complain
                 ;
                 and
                 Coprogli
                 †
                 received
                 from
                 Zaime's
                 hand
                 the
                 golden
                 Box
                 ,
                 in
                 which
                 was
                 the
                 Grand
                 Signior's
                 Seal
                 ,
                 which
                 it
                 was
                 his
                 Office
                 to
                 keep
                 .
              
               
               
                 Here
                 was
                 an
                 extraordinary
                 change
                 ,
                 Mahomet
                 who
                 a
                 little
                 before
                 was
                 laden
                 with
                 irons
                 ,
                 is
                 freed
                 from
                 them
                 to
                 take
                 upon
                 him
                 the
                 Government
                 of
                 the
                 most
                 powerful
                 Empire
                 in
                 the
                 world
                 ;
                 and
                 what
                 is
                 more
                 admirable
                 ,
                 the
                 alteration
                 of
                 his
                 fortune
                 wrought
                 no
                 change
                 in
                 his
                 manners
                 :
                 he
                 was
                 not
                 at
                 all
                 dazled
                 with
                 the
                 splendor
                 of
                 those
                 honours
                 which
                 were
                 heaped
                 on
                 him
                 ,
                 but
                 established
                 the
                 foundation
                 of
                 his
                 greatness
                 by
                 his
                 discretion
                 .
                 He
                 was
                 complacent
                 to
                 the
                 Great
                 Men
                 ,
                 merciful
                 to
                 the
                 People
                 ,
                 and
                 equally
                 just
                 to
                 all
                 ,
                 making
                 it
                 appear
                 that
                 he
                 was
                 truly
                 worthy
                 of
                 his
                 charge
                 ,
                 which
                 he
                 began
                 to
                 exercise
                 by
                 restoring
                 several
                 good
                 Laws
                 ,
                 which
                 the
                 late
                 disorders
                 had
                 interrupted
                 .
                 He
                 made
                 every
                 one
                 to
                 do
                 his
                 duty
                 ,
                 terrifying
                 the
                 Magistrates
                 by
                 the
                 sentence
                 which
                 he
                 pronounced
                 against
                 the
                 
                 Bassa's
                 who
                 were
                 left
                 in
                 prison
                 ;
                 where
                 while
                 he
                 was
                 their
                 companion
                 ,
                 he
                 had
                 dived
                 into
                 their
                 secrets
                 ,
                 and
                 found
                 none
                 of
                 them
                 innocent
                 .
                 The
                 Crimes
                 they
                 were
                 convicted
                 of
                 were
                 of
                 such
                 a
                 nature
                 ,
                 as
                 could
                 not
                 be
                 pardoned
                 without
                 great
                 
                 prejudice
                 to
                 the
                 State.
                 He
                 had
                 given
                 marks
                 of
                 the
                 gentleness
                 of
                 his
                 nature
                 while
                 he
                 was
                 Governour
                 of
                 Baruth
                 and
                 Aleppo
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 people
                 of
                 those
                 Provinces
                 knew
                 him
                 not
                 to
                 be
                 inclined
                 to
                 bloodshed
                 :
                 but
                 he
                 was
                 now
                 raised
                 to
                 a
                 charge
                 that
                 obliged
                 him
                 to
                 force
                 his
                 inclination
                 .
                 All
                 the
                 
                   Bassa's
                   ,
                   Beys
                
                 ,
                 and
                 Sangiacks
                 who
                 were
                 found
                 guilty
                 of
                 Extortion
                 ,
                 Rapine
                 ,
                 or
                 Treason
                 ,
                 were
                 condemned
                 to
                 death
                 .
                 And
                 that
                 the
                 punishment
                 of
                 these
                 Crimes
                 might
                 serve
                 as
                 an
                 example
                 to
                 all
                 the
                 Officers
                 of
                 the
                 Empire
                 ,
                 and
                 a
                 pattern
                 of
                 exact
                 Justice
                 to
                 the
                 
                   Grand
                   Signior
                
                 .
                 He
                 got
                 into
                 his
                 hands
                 the
                 wealth
                 of
                 the
                 Bassa's
                 ,
                 who
                 had
                 been
                 executed
                 ,
                 and
                 set
                 up
                 two
                 Tables
                 in
                 the
                 Hall
                 ,
                 through
                 which
                 the
                 Sultan
                 was
                 to
                 pass
                 to
                 go
                 to
                 the
                 Devan
                 .
                 On
                 one
                 of
                 them
                 he
                 placed
                 twenty
                 of
                 the
                 principal
                 heads
                 that
                 had
                 been
                 cut
                 off
                 ,
                 and
                 covered
                 them
                 with
                 a
                 great
                 mourning
                 Carpet
                 ;
                 and
                 on
                 the
                 other
                 he
                 set
                 a
                 great
                 many
                 rich
                 Purses
                 full
                 of
                 Gold
                 and
                 Precious
                 Stones
                 ,
                 which
                 was
                 covered
                 with
                 another
                 Carpet
                 ,
                 imbroidered
                 with
                 Gold
                 and
                 Pearls
                 ;
                 and
                 then
                 waited
                 for
                 the
                 
                 Sultan
                 and
                 his
                 Mothers
                 coming
                 to
                 the
                 Divan
                 ,
                 to
                 shew
                 them
                 this
                 strange
                 spectacle
                 .
                 The
                 great
                 Sultana
                 presently
                 had
                 a
                 mind
                 to
                 know
                 ,
                 to
                 what
                 end
                 those
                 preparations
                 were
                 ,
                 and
                 what
                 was
                 under
                 the
                 Carpets
                 ;
                 one
                 of
                 which
                 the
                 Prince
                 her
                 Son
                 ,
                 without
                 staying
                 for
                 an
                 answer
                 ,
                 lifted
                 up
                 ,
                 and
                 in
                 a
                 fright
                 asked
                 what
                 those
                 heads
                 did
                 there
                 ?
                 
                   Sir
                   ,
                   replied
                   
                     Mahomet
                     Coprogli
                  
                   ,
                   directing
                   his
                   speech
                   to
                   him
                   ,
                   they
                   vomit
                   up
                   the
                   blood
                   of
                   your
                   Subjects
                   ,
                   which
                   they
                   have
                   sucked
                   from
                   them
                   ,
                   and
                   which
                   ,
                   continued
                   he
                   lifting
                   up
                   the
                   Carpet
                   ,
                   you
                   may
                   see
                   in
                   these
                   Purses
                   :
                   It
                   is
                   fit
                   that
                   Robbers
                   should
                   be
                   punished
                   :
                   those
                   men
                   who
                   have
                   destroyed
                   so
                   many
                   by
                   their
                   cruelty
                   ,
                   and
                   avarice
                   ,
                   who
                   have
                   robbed
                   so
                   many
                   innocent
                   people
                   ,
                   are
                   at
                   last
                   stripped
                   themselves
                   ,
                   and
                   have
                   rendred
                   that
                   money
                   of
                   which
                   they
                   have
                   defrauded
                   you
                   .
                
                 This
                 proceeding
                 seemed
                 a
                 little
                 bloody
                 ,
                 and
                 made
                 it
                 feared
                 that
                 his
                 administration
                 would
                 be
                 very
                 severe
                 ;
                 but
                 he
                 regulated
                 his
                 actions
                 with
                 so
                 much
                 Justice
                 ,
                 that
                 he
                 never
                 put
                 any
                 man
                 
                 to
                 death
                 ,
                 unless
                 he
                 certainly
                 knew
                 that
                 he
                 deserved
                 it
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 chief
                 scope
                 of
                 this
                 
                   Grand
                   Visier
                
                 was
                 to
                 raise
                 his
                 Princes
                 Authority
                 ,
                 weaken'd
                 of
                 late
                 by
                 the
                 frequent
                 Seditions
                 of
                 the
                 Janizaries
                 ,
                 whose
                 insolence
                 he
                 endeavoured
                 to
                 curb
                 for
                 the
                 establishment
                 of
                 his
                 own
                 fortune
                 too
                 .
                 He
                 told
                 them
                 they
                 were
                 unworthy
                 of
                 being
                 inrolled
                 ,
                 and
                 receiving
                 pay
                 ,
                 if
                 they
                 were
                 not
                 in
                 condition
                 to
                 serve
                 ,
                 and
                 ready
                 to
                 obey
                 the
                 Emperors
                 orders
                 .
                 But
                 they
                 instead
                 of
                 being
                 satisfied
                 with
                 the
                 death
                 of
                 Ibrahim
                 ,
                 thought
                 to
                 take
                 the
                 advantage
                 of
                 
                   Sultan
                   Mahomet's
                
                 youth
                 ;
                 and
                 believing
                 that
                 the
                 
                   Grand
                   Visier
                
                 was
                 as
                 weak
                 ,
                 and
                 timorous
                 ,
                 as
                 his
                 Predecessors
                 ,
                 whom
                 they
                 had
                 either
                 murthered
                 or
                 deposed
                 ;
                 they
                 slighted
                 his
                 commands
                 ,
                 and
                 refused
                 to
                 pass
                 into
                 Candy
                 ,
                 alledging
                 that
                 the
                 Janizaries
                 were
                 priviledged
                 from
                 making
                 War
                 by
                 Sea
                 ,
                 that
                 they
                 were
                 not
                 to
                 march
                 any
                 where
                 without
                 the
                 Emperor
                 ,
                 whom
                 they
                 would
                 not
                 leave
                 ,
                 for
                 fear
                 of
                 some
                 innovation
                 against
                 him
                 in
                 their
                 absence
                 .
                 The
                 
                   Sultana
                   Kiozem
                
                 furnished
                 
                 them
                 with
                 this
                 pretence
                 ,
                 the
                 better
                 to
                 compass
                 a
                 design
                 which
                 she
                 had
                 contrived
                 .
              
               
                 This
                 Sultana
                 who
                 had
                 still
                 the
                 title
                 of
                 Valide
                 ,
                 was
                 Grandmother
                 to
                 Mahomet
                 the
                 Fourth
                 .
                 She
                 had
                 contributed
                 to
                 the
                 death
                 of
                 her
                 Son
                 Ibrahim
                 ,
                 because
                 he
                 took
                 away
                 the
                 Authority
                 which
                 she
                 had
                 usurped
                 .
                 She
                 fancied
                 that
                 since
                 she
                 had
                 a
                 share
                 in
                 the
                 Government
                 ,
                 in
                 three
                 Emperors
                 Reigns
                 ,
                 she
                 should
                 have
                 been
                 made
                 Regent
                 of
                 the
                 Empire
                 ,
                 during
                 her
                 Grandsons
                 minority
                 :
                 but
                 the
                 Grandees
                 of
                 the
                 Port
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Divan
                 having
                 conferred
                 the
                 Sovereign
                 Power
                 on
                 the
                 
                   Grand
                   Signiors
                
                 Mother
                 ,
                 she
                 was
                 extremely
                 offended
                 to
                 see
                 the
                 affairs
                 of
                 the
                 Ottoman
                 Empire
                 mannaged
                 by
                 a
                 woman
                 ,
                 who
                 owed
                 her
                 fortune
                 and
                 greatness
                 to
                 her
                 .
                 She
                 hoped
                 that
                 Zaime
                 would
                 surrender
                 her
                 Authority
                 to
                 her
                 ,
                 but
                 this
                 being
                 too
                 unreasonable
                 and
                 improbable
                 a
                 wish
                 to
                 succeed
                 ,
                 Ambition
                 which
                 considers
                 the
                 extent
                 of
                 the
                 desires
                 ,
                 more
                 than
                 of
                 duty
                 ,
                 made
                 her
                 think
                 of
                 revenge
                 .
                 She
                 thought
                 of
                 nothing
                 but
                 how
                 to
                 execute
                 her
                 projects
                 ,
                 and
                 despaired
                 
                 not
                 yet
                 to
                 make
                 her self
                 absolute
                 Mistress
                 of
                 the
                 Empire
                 .
                 To
                 this
                 purpose
                 she
                 imparted
                 her
                 design
                 to
                 the
                 
                   Kislar
                   Agazi
                
                 ,
                 who
                 had
                 always
                 been
                 her
                 confident
                 ;
                 but
                 he
                 could
                 not
                 so
                 much
                 as
                 hear
                 her
                 Treason
                 without
                 horror
                 .
                 
                   How
                   Madam
                   ,
                   said
                   he
                   to
                   her
                   ,
                   in
                   disorder
                   ,
                   is
                   it
                   possible
                   that
                   you
                   would
                   destroy
                   a
                   Princess
                   who
                   honours
                   you
                   as
                   her
                   Queen
                   ,
                   and
                   respects
                   you
                   as
                   her
                   Mother
                   ?
                   could
                   you
                   be
                   so
                   cruel
                   as
                   to
                   kill
                   young
                   
                     Sultan
                     Mahomet
                  
                   ,
                   because
                   he
                   is
                   her
                   Son
                   ?
                   is
                   he
                   not
                   yours
                   too
                   ?
                   does
                   not
                   nature
                   it self
                   speak
                   in
                   his
                   behalf
                   ?
                   No
                   ,
                   
                     continued
                     he
                  
                   ,
                   I
                   will
                   rather
                   lose
                   my
                   life
                   than
                   be
                   an
                   assistant
                   in
                   so
                   foul
                   an
                   enterprise
                   .
                
                 Well
                 ,
                 well
                 ,
                 Vglan
                 ,
                 replied
                 the
                 malicious
                 Princess
                 (
                 who
                 perceiving
                 how
                 coldly
                 the
                 Eunuch
                 entertained
                 her
                 proposition
                 ,
                 bethought
                 her self
                 of
                 counterfeiting
                 repentance
                 ,
                 lest
                 he
                 should
                 betray
                 her
                 )
                 
                   endeavour
                   then
                   to
                   restore
                   my
                   Authority
                   ,
                   and
                   dispose
                   Zaime
                   to
                   take
                   me
                   along
                   with
                   her
                   in
                   the
                   Regency
                   ;
                   my
                   advice
                   will
                   be
                   very
                   advantagious
                   to
                   her
                   ,
                   and
                   I
                   will
                   always
                   behave
                   my self
                   like
                   a
                   
                   good
                   Mother
                   towards
                   her
                   .
                
                 The
                 
                   Kislar
                   Agazi
                
                 promised
                 her
                 more
                 than
                 she
                 asked
                 ,
                 and
                 swore
                 never
                 to
                 speak
                 of
                 what
                 she
                 had
                 imparted
                 to
                 him
                 ;
                 neither
                 had
                 he
                 any
                 time
                 to
                 do
                 it
                 :
                 he
                 spoke
                 with
                 her
                 in
                 the
                 beginning
                 of
                 the
                 night
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 next
                 morning
                 he
                 was
                 found
                 dead
                 in
                 his
                 bed
                 .
                 No
                 body
                 could
                 tell
                 how
                 it
                 came
                 to
                 pass
                 ,
                 but
                 since
                 that
                 time
                 it
                 has
                 been
                 discovered
                 ,
                 that
                 a
                 Slave
                 whom
                 she
                 had
                 gained
                 ,
                 had
                 blown
                 poison
                 into
                 his
                 Nose
                 when
                 he
                 was
                 asleep
                 .
                 The
                 death
                 of
                 this
                 Eunuch
                 was
                 exceedingly
                 deplored
                 by
                 the
                 
                   Great
                   Sultana
                
                 ,
                 who
                 reflected
                 on
                 all
                 the
                 good
                 Offices
                 he
                 had
                 done
                 for
                 her
                 :
                 and
                 she
                 would
                 have
                 been
                 more
                 afflicted
                 if
                 she
                 could
                 have
                 comprehended
                 the
                 greatness
                 of
                 her
                 loss
                 in
                 him
                 who
                 would
                 have
                 done
                 her
                 a
                 more
                 important
                 service
                 than
                 ever
                 ,
                 if
                 death
                 had
                 not
                 prevented
                 him
                 .
                 The
                 
                   Grand
                   Visier
                
                 who
                 owed
                 his
                 fortune
                 to
                 him
                 ,
                 and
                 looked
                 on
                 him
                 as
                 his
                 Father
                 ,
                 was
                 inexpressibly
                 grieved
                 ,
                 and
                 suspected
                 somewhat
                 of
                 the
                 truth
                 ,
                 but
                 could
                 not
                 guess
                 at
                 it
                 all
                 .
              
               
                 In
                 the
                 mean
                 time
                 the
                 
                   Sultana
                   Valide
                
                 
                 lost
                 no
                 time
                 ;
                 she
                 had
                 by
                 great
                 promises
                 ingaged
                 the
                 Aga
                 of
                 the
                 Janizaries
                 to
                 the
                 Aga
                 of
                 the
                 white
                 Eunuchs
                 ,
                 the
                 Bostangibachi
                 ,
                 the
                 Governour
                 of
                 the
                 Pages
                 ,
                 called
                 I●hoglans
                 ,
                 who
                 are
                 six
                 hundred
                 of
                 the
                 handsomest
                 young
                 men
                 in
                 the
                 Empire
                 ,
                 the
                 Captain
                 General
                 of
                 the
                 Seas
                 ,
                 and
                 some
                 of
                 the
                 most
                 considerable
                 Bassa's
                 .
                 She
                 had
                 so
                 disposed
                 every
                 thing
                 ,
                 that
                 her
                 design
                 would
                 infallibly
                 have
                 succeeded
                 ,
                 if
                 Heaven
                 which
                 takes
                 a
                 particular
                 care
                 of
                 crowned
                 heads
                 ,
                 had
                 not
                 put
                 it
                 into
                 the
                 
                   Visier
                   Azems
                
                 mind
                 to
                 go
                 out
                 of
                 his
                 Seraglio
                 at
                 the
                 beginning
                 of
                 the
                 night
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 pass
                 through
                 the
                 quarters
                 of
                 the
                 Town
                 in
                 disguise
                 ,
                 with
                 one
                 Slave
                 only
                 whom
                 he
                 trusted
                 most
                 ,
                 to
                 see
                 what
                 the
                 Janizaries
                 did
                 ,
                 of
                 whom
                 he
                 had
                 some
                 apprehension
                 ,
                 as
                 not
                 being
                 well
                 affected
                 either
                 to
                 him
                 ,
                 or
                 the
                 Emperors
                 service
                 .
                 He
                 was
                 much
                 surprised
                 to
                 find
                 them
                 all
                 in
                 the
                 Hippodrome
                 with
                 their
                 Muskets
                 on
                 their
                 shoulders
                 ,
                 and
                 their
                 Matches
                 lighted
                 ,
                 and
                 Sentinels
                 placed
                 at
                 all
                 avenues
                 .
                 He
                 was
                 presently
                 stopt
                 ,
                 his
                 looks
                 betrayed
                 his
                 intention
                 of
                 not
                 being
                 
                 known
                 ,
                 but
                 he
                 wanted
                 not
                 courage
                 ,
                 and
                 on
                 this
                 occasion
                 manifested
                 the
                 presence
                 of
                 his
                 mind
                 .
                 He
                 asked
                 with
                 a
                 great
                 deal
                 of
                 confidence
                 for
                 Bactas
                 the
                 Aga
                 of
                 the
                 Janizaries
                 ,
                 and
                 being
                 led
                 to
                 his
                 Oda
                 ,
                 was
                 astonished
                 at
                 his
                 arrogance
                 in
                 not
                 rising
                 to
                 salute
                 him
                 ,
                 though
                 he
                 knew
                 him
                 very
                 well
                 ;
                 when
                 at
                 another
                 time
                 he
                 would
                 have
                 prostrated
                 himself
                 before
                 the
                 
                   Grand
                   Visier
                
                 ,
                 who
                 never
                 goes
                 to
                 see
                 any
                 body
                 but
                 the
                 
                   Grand
                   Signior
                
                 ,
                 and
                 when
                 he
                 receives
                 a
                 Visit
                 ,
                 never
                 rises
                 to
                 any
                 body
                 but
                 the
                 Mufti
                 .
                 However
                 he
                 dissembled
                 his
                 thoughts
                 at
                 present
                 ,
                 knowing
                 himself
                 certainly
                 lost
                 if
                 he
                 did
                 not
                 make
                 use
                 of
                 some
                 subtilty
                 to
                 disingage
                 himself
                 from
                 the
                 danger
                 he
                 was
                 in
                 .
                 The
                 Aga
                 in
                 the
                 mean
                 time
                 having
                 made
                 him
                 sit
                 down
                 on
                 his
                 left
                 hand
                 ,
                 which
                 is
                 the
                 most
                 honourable
                 place
                 among
                 the
                 Turkish
                 Souldiers
                 ,
                 was
                 just
                 going
                 to
                 ask
                 him
                 the
                 cause
                 of
                 his
                 disguise
                 ,
                 when
                 Mahomet
                 preventing
                 him
                 ,
                 
                   Bactas
                   ,
                   said
                   he
                   ,
                   I
                   was
                   informed
                   that
                   you
                   assembled
                   your
                   Troops
                   to
                   night
                   for
                   some
                   great
                   enterprise
                   :
                   I
                   received
                   this
                   notice
                   
                   from
                   the
                   Seraglio
                   ,
                   from
                   persons
                   whom
                   you
                   know
                   to
                   be
                   your
                   chiefest
                   friends
                   ,
                   and
                   I
                   disguised
                   my self
                   ,
                   for
                   fear
                   of
                   being
                   known
                   ,
                   to
                   come
                   and
                   learn
                   of
                   you
                   what
                   I
                   should
                   do
                   for
                   your
                   security
                   ,
                   and
                   my
                   own
                   .
                
                 Bactas
                 was
                 struck
                 speechless
                 to
                 hear
                 that
                 the
                 
                   Grand
                   Visier
                
                 was
                 informed
                 of
                 all
                 the
                 Plot
                 ;
                 he
                 easily
                 believed
                 that
                 he
                 was
                 come
                 on
                 purpose
                 to
                 him
                 to
                 endeavour
                 his
                 own
                 preservation
                 :
                 and
                 imagining
                 it
                 would
                 be
                 a
                 great
                 advantage
                 to
                 ingage
                 this
                 first
                 Minister
                 in
                 the
                 Conspiracy
                 ,
                 he
                 examin'd
                 him
                 a
                 little
                 ,
                 and
                 then
                 discovered
                 the
                 whole
                 design
                 to
                 him
                 ;
                 telling
                 him
                 ,
                 that
                 he
                 was
                 to
                 make
                 himself
                 master
                 of
                 the
                 Seraglio
                 ,
                 and
                 seize
                 on
                 the
                 young
                 
                   Sultan
                   Mahomet
                
                 ,
                 whom
                 he
                 would
                 either
                 cause
                 to
                 be
                 strangled
                 ,
                 or
                 shut
                 him
                 up
                 in
                 prison
                 with
                 his
                 Mother
                 ;
                 that
                 all
                 was
                 agreed
                 on
                 with
                 the
                 
                   Sultana
                   Valide
                
                 ,
                 who
                 was
                 to
                 have
                 the
                 Regency
                 of
                 the
                 Empire
                 in
                 the
                 minority
                 of
                 Prince
                 Soliman
                 ,
                 whom
                 they
                 would
                 place
                 on
                 the
                 Throne
                 instead
                 of
                 his
                 Brother
                 Mahomet
                 :
                 and
                 finally
                 ,
                 if
                 he
                 had
                 a
                 mind
                 to
                 secure
                 his
                 Authority
                 and
                 his
                 life
                 ,
                 he
                 must
                 
                 necessarily
                 be
                 assistant
                 to
                 this
                 change
                 .
                 The
                 
                   Grand
                   Visier
                
                 demurred
                 not
                 one
                 minute
                 to
                 give
                 his
                 assent
                 ,
                 making
                 as
                 if
                 he
                 had
                 been
                 before
                 informed
                 of
                 all
                 that
                 Bactas
                 told
                 him
                 ,
                 and
                 expressed
                 a
                 great
                 deal
                 of
                 satisfaction
                 that
                 it
                 was
                 in
                 his
                 power
                 to
                 serve
                 the
                 
                   Sultana
                   Valide
                
                 by
                 imbracing
                 her
                 party
                 ,
                 which
                 he
                 believed
                 to
                 be
                 the
                 strongest
                 .
                 Bactas
                 suffered
                 himself
                 to
                 be
                 wheadled
                 by
                 Coprogli's
                 promises
                 ,
                 whom
                 he
                 obliged
                 by
                 Oath
                 to
                 be
                 faithful
                 to
                 the
                 
                   Sultana
                   Kiozem
                
                 ,
                 and
                 as
                 a
                 pledge
                 of
                 his
                 faith
                 to
                 deliver
                 his
                 Boult
                 ,
                 a
                 Seal
                 ingraven
                 on
                 a
                 Gold
                 Ring
                 ,
                 which
                 the
                 
                   Grand
                   Visier
                
                 always
                 wears
                 on
                 his
                 finger
                 ,
                 (
                 as
                 a
                 mark
                 of
                 his
                 Dignity
                 and
                 Power
                 )
                 into
                 his
                 hands
                 :
                 then
                 he
                 sent
                 him
                 away
                 without
                 Guards
                 ,
                 to
                 go
                 and
                 assemble
                 the
                 Divan
                 secretly
                 two
                 hours
                 after
                 midnight
                 ,
                 at
                 which
                 time
                 he
                 was
                 to
                 receive
                 order
                 from
                 the
                 
                   Sultana
                   Valide
                
                 to
                 enter
                 the
                 Seraglio
                 with
                 his
                 Janizaries
                 .
                 These
                 insolent
                 Souldiers
                 were
                 resolved
                 on
                 the
                 attempt
                 ,
                 and
                 were
                 impatient
                 to
                 begin
                 it
                 ,
                 in
                 hopes
                 of
                 rifling
                 the
                 great
                 Wealth
                 ,
                 and
                 inestimable
                 Treasures
                 ,
                 which
                 so
                 many
                 Emperors
                 
                 had
                 heaped
                 together
                 in
                 this
                 voluptuous
                 Palace
                 .
              
               
                 But
                 heaven
                 which
                 abhors
                 the
                 revolt
                 of
                 Subjects
                 against
                 their
                 Princes
                 ,
                 so
                 blinded
                 the
                 Commander
                 of
                 the
                 rebellious
                 Troops
                 ,
                 that
                 he
                 let
                 the
                 
                   Visier
                   Azem
                
                 escape
                 ,
                 by
                 whose
                 order
                 soon
                 after
                 ,
                 he
                 and
                 his
                 Complices
                 received
                 the
                 punishment
                 they
                 deserved
                 .
                 
                   Mahomet
                   Coprogli
                
                 had
                 no
                 sooner
                 got
                 loose
                 from
                 him
                 ,
                 but
                 he
                 went
                 to
                 the
                 Seraglio
                 ,
                 where
                 he
                 was
                 amazed
                 to
                 find
                 the
                 Gates
                 open
                 ,
                 and
                 most
                 of
                 the
                 Guards
                 besotted
                 with
                 Wine
                 ,
                 and
                 Tobacco
                 .
                 Some
                 of
                 them
                 would
                 have
                 stopt
                 him
                 ,
                 but
                 he
                 easily
                 avoided
                 that
                 ,
                 by
                 telling
                 them
                 that
                 he
                 carried
                 a
                 Letter
                 from
                 Bactas
                 to
                 the
                 
                   Sultan
                   Kiosem
                
                 .
                 His
                 habit
                 of
                 a
                 Slave
                 protected
                 him
                 ,
                 and
                 they
                 were
                 so
                 drunk
                 that
                 they
                 could
                 not
                 discover
                 him
                 .
                 Being
                 passed
                 them
                 he
                 ran
                 presently
                 to
                 the
                 Apartment
                 of
                 
                   Soliman
                   Kislar
                   Agazi
                
                 ,
                 who
                 succeeded
                 the
                 Eunuch
                 Vglan
                 :
                 but
                 not
                 finding
                 him
                 ,
                 he
                 went
                 to
                 that
                 of
                 the
                 
                   Grand
                   Signior
                
                 ,
                 by
                 the
                 way
                 meeting
                 with
                 the
                 great
                 Eunuch
                 Soliman
                 ,
                 who
                 walked
                 about
                 the
                 Lodgings
                 of
                 the
                 
                   Sultana
                   Valide
                
                 ,
                 
                 whom
                 he
                 mistrusted
                 .
                 He
                 had
                 that
                 very
                 night
                 found
                 her
                 privately
                 discoursing
                 with
                 the
                 Bostangibachi
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 confusion
                 the
                 sight
                 of
                 him
                 put
                 them
                 into
                 made
                 him
                 watch
                 to
                 avoid
                 surprizes
                 ;
                 fearing
                 lest
                 something
                 was
                 contrived
                 against
                 the
                 
                   Grand
                   Signior's
                
                 service
                 ,
                 to
                 whom
                 he
                 was
                 very
                 faithful
                 .
                 He
                 was
                 no
                 less
                 astonished
                 to
                 see
                 the
                 
                   Visier
                   Azem
                
                 in
                 that
                 place
                 ,
                 at
                 such
                 an
                 unusual
                 hour
                 ,
                 than
                 
                   Mahomet
                   Coprogli
                
                 was
                 to
                 meet
                 him
                 .
                 They
                 presently
                 acquainted
                 one
                 another
                 with
                 what
                 they
                 knew
                 ,
                 and
                 suspected
                 ,
                 and
                 consulted
                 how
                 to
                 free
                 the
                 Seraglio
                 from
                 the
                 storm
                 that
                 threatned
                 it
                 .
                 They
                 judged
                 it
                 expedient
                 to
                 advertise
                 the
                 Sultan
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Great
                 Sultana
                 ,
                 that
                 they
                 might
                 interpose
                 their
                 Authority
                 :
                 therefore
                 they
                 went
                 straight
                 to
                 the
                 
                   Grand
                   Signior's
                
                 Apartment
                 ,
                 who
                 slept
                 in
                 his
                 Mothers
                 arms
                 ,
                 and
                 made
                 signs
                 to
                 the
                 woman
                 who
                 watched
                 by
                 them
                 ,
                 to
                 wake
                 them
                 both
                 ;
                 which
                 they
                 did
                 without
                 speaking
                 :
                 it
                 being
                 an
                 inviolable
                 custom
                 among
                 the
                 Turks
                 not
                 to
                 speak
                 ,
                 out
                 of
                 respect
                 in
                 the
                 Seraglio
                 in
                 the
                 night
                 time
                 ,
                 but
                 
                 chiefly
                 while
                 the
                 
                   Grand
                   Signior
                
                 sleeps
                 :
                 and
                 it
                 is
                 a
                 great
                 crime
                 whatsoever
                 the
                 occasion
                 be
                 ,
                 to
                 break
                 silence
                 in
                 the
                 place
                 where
                 his
                 Highness
                 reposes
                 .
                 A
                 woman
                 went
                 near
                 the
                 Sultana's
                 Bed
                 ,
                 and
                 softly
                 scratching
                 her
                 Feet
                 ,
                 waked
                 her
                 ,
                 who
                 was
                 surprized
                 to
                 see
                 two
                 men
                 she
                 did
                 not
                 know
                 at
                 first
                 .
                 
                   Ah
                   my
                   Son
                   ,
                   said
                   she
                   ,
                   rising
                   briskly
                   ,
                   and
                   taking
                   him
                   in
                   her
                   arms
                   ,
                   we
                   are
                   lost
                   .
                
                 The
                 young
                 Prince
                 without
                 any
                 fear
                 looked
                 on
                 the
                 Visier
                 ,
                 and
                 taking
                 him
                 boldly
                 by
                 the
                 hand
                 ,
                 asked
                 him
                 what
                 was
                 the
                 matter
                 ,
                 and
                 if
                 he
                 were
                 come
                 to
                 save
                 him
                 .
                 The
                 
                   Grand
                   Visier
                
                 admiring
                 the
                 Princes
                 Courage
                 ,
                 threw
                 himself
                 at
                 his
                 feet
                 ,
                 and
                 kissing
                 his
                 hand
                 ,
                 told
                 him
                 he
                 need
                 not
                 fear
                 any
                 thing
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 Traitors
                 should
                 do
                 him
                 no
                 mischief
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 his
                 faithful
                 servants
                 would
                 prevent
                 the
                 Treason
                 .
                 
                   But
                   Madam
                   (
                   continued
                   he
                   ,
                   directing
                   his
                   speech
                   the
                   
                     Great
                     Sultana
                  
                   )
                   you
                   must
                   make
                   use
                   of
                   all
                   your
                   prudence
                   to
                   avoid
                   the
                   danger
                   that
                   menaces
                   us
                   all
                   .
                
                 Then
                 he
                 sent
                 for
                 the
                 Mufti
                 and
                 signed
                 a
                 Catecherif
                 or
                 express
                 order
                 of
                 the
                 
                   Grand
                   Signior
                
                 ,
                 to
                 the
                 Captain
                 
                 Governour
                 of
                 Constantinople
                 to
                 come
                 immediately
                 to
                 his
                 Highness
                 .
                 He
                 caused
                 the
                 Gates
                 of
                 the
                 Seraglio
                 to
                 be
                 shut
                 up
                 ,
                 and
                 commanded
                 that
                 none
                 should
                 be
                 let
                 in
                 or
                 out
                 without
                 the
                 Emperors
                 permission
                 .
                 The
                 Captain
                 Bassa
                 being
                 come
                 ,
                 he
                 ordered
                 him
                 presently
                 without
                 noise
                 to
                 advertise
                 the
                 Inhabitants
                 of
                 every
                 quarter
                 that
                 they
                 should
                 arm
                 themselves
                 ,
                 and
                 Barricade
                 the
                 Streets
                 ,
                 and
                 seize
                 on
                 the
                 Gates
                 of
                 the
                 Town
                 ,
                 that
                 no
                 body
                 might
                 go
                 out
                 .
                 He
                 sent
                 to
                 the
                 chief
                 of
                 the
                 
                   Spahies
                   ,
                   Solaquis
                
                 ,
                 and
                 Capighis
                 to
                 come
                 and
                 watch
                 about
                 the
                 Seraglio
                 ,
                 and
                 secure
                 the
                 Emperor
                 :
                 five
                 hundred
                 of
                 them
                 presently
                 came
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Mufti
                 ,
                 to
                 heighten
                 their
                 courage
                 by
                 zeal
                 for
                 their
                 Religion
                 ,
                 cited
                 several
                 passages
                 of
                 Mahomet's
                 Law
                 ,
                 which
                 admonished
                 them
                 ,
                 that
                 those
                 who
                 eat
                 the
                 Princes
                 bread
                 ,
                 ought
                 to
                 expose
                 their
                 lives
                 for
                 his
                 service
                 .
                 And
                 to
                 make
                 his
                 Harangue
                 more
                 effectual
                 ,
                 he
                 distributed
                 some
                 Purses
                 among
                 them
                 ,
                 obliging
                 them
                 by
                 Oath
                 to
                 die
                 ,
                 if
                 there
                 were
                 occasion
                 in
                 the
                 Sultan's
                 defence
                 .
                 In
                 the
                 mean
                 time
                 the
                 
                   Kislar
                   Agazi
                
                 had
                 
                 waked
                 all
                 the
                 Eunuchs
                 ,
                 and
                 Officers
                 of
                 the
                 Seraglio
                 ,
                 to
                 the
                 very
                 Cook
                 ,
                 and
                 made
                 them
                 take
                 Arms.
                 The
                 Pages
                 too
                 were
                 put
                 into
                 the
                 same
                 posture
                 ,
                 after
                 the
                 seizure
                 of
                 the
                 Eunuch
                 their
                 Governour
                 ,
                 the
                 Bostangibachi
                 ,
                 chief
                 Gardener
                 of
                 the
                 Seraglio
                 ,
                 the
                 
                   Capi
                   Aga
                
                 Captain
                 of
                 the
                 Gates
                 of
                 the
                 Seraglio
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Aga
                 ,
                 or
                 chief
                 of
                 the
                 White
                 Eunuchs
                 ,
                 who
                 acknowled
                 all
                 the
                 particulars
                 of
                 the
                 Conspiracy
                 ,
                 and
                 confessed
                 that
                 the
                 
                   Sultana
                   Valide
                
                 had
                 plotted
                 with
                 the
                 Aga
                 of
                 the
                 Janizaries
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 principal
                 Officers
                 ,
                 to
                 depose
                 Mahomet
                 ,
                 and
                 Crown
                 his
                 Brother
                 Soliman
                 .
                 This
                 Prince
                 was
                 the
                 second
                 of
                 four
                 Sons
                 which
                 
                   Sultan
                   Ibrahim
                
                 had
                 by
                 three
                 Wives
                 .
                 Mahomet
                 the
                 eldest
                 was
                 the
                 Son
                 of
                 
                   Zaime
                   ;
                   Soliman
                
                 his
                 younger
                 Brother
                 was
                 the
                 Son
                 of
                 the
                 
                   Sultana
                   Maiama
                
                 ;
                 and
                 Bajazet
                 and
                 Orchanes
                 were
                 born
                 of
                 an
                 
                   Albanese
                   .
                   Maiama
                
                 in
                 hopes
                 of
                 raising
                 her
                 Son
                 Soliman
                 to
                 the
                 Empire
                 ,
                 had
                 promised
                 the
                 
                   Sultana
                   Kiozem
                
                 all
                 the
                 advantages
                 that
                 she
                 could
                 desire
                 ,
                 and
                 her
                 extravagant
                 ambition
                 had
                 made
                 her
                 neglect
                 nothing
                 that
                 could
                 bring
                 those
                 over
                 to
                 
                 her
                 party
                 ,
                 who
                 might
                 further
                 her
                 enterprize
                 .
                 Her
                 chief
                 pretence
                 was
                 ,
                 that
                 Mahomet
                 was
                 too
                 weak
                 and
                 unhealthy
                 to
                 be
                 capable
                 of
                 governing
                 so
                 powerful
                 an
                 Empire
                 :
                 and
                 that
                 besides
                 Zaime
                 was
                 too
                 young
                 and
                 unexperienced
                 to
                 supply
                 his
                 defects
                 by
                 her
                 prudent
                 Conduct
                 ,
                 and
                 would
                 never
                 be
                 fit
                 for
                 so
                 weighty
                 an
                 employment
                 .
                 That
                 on
                 the
                 contrary
                 ,
                 Prince
                 Soliman
                 was
                 strong
                 ,
                 handsome
                 ,
                 and
                 promising
                 ,
                 and
                 would
                 be
                 able
                 to
                 take
                 care
                 of
                 his
                 own
                 Affairs
                 ,
                 when
                 she
                 should
                 be
                 forced
                 to
                 leave
                 them
                 to
                 him
                 ,
                 by
                 age
                 ,
                 and
                 incapacity
                 .
                 Thus
                 had
                 she
                 gained
                 all
                 those
                 we
                 mentioned
                 ,
                 who
                 by
                 the
                 incredible
                 diligence
                 of
                 the
                 
                   Visier
                   Azem
                
                 were
                 Arrested
                 ,
                 he
                 caused
                 her
                 Apartment
                 to
                 be
                 secured
                 to
                 prevent
                 her
                 escape
                 .
                 The
                 Sultan
                 though
                 very
                 young
                 had
                 so
                 much
                 tenderness
                 for
                 his
                 Grandmother
                 ,
                 that
                 he
                 could
                 not
                 be
                 brought
                 to
                 sign
                 a
                 Warrant
                 for
                 her
                 Death
                 who
                 intended
                 his
                 :
                 And
                 his
                 Mother
                 was
                 as
                 good
                 natur'd
                 as
                 himself
                 ,
                 being
                 of
                 opinion
                 that
                 she
                 should
                 only
                 be
                 imprisoned
                 .
                 She
                 reflected
                 on
                 their
                 former
                 friendship
                 ,
                 and
                 her
                 generosity
                 out-weighed
                 
                 the
                 necessity
                 of
                 her
                 wrong
                 :
                 but
                 her
                 Virtue
                 appeared
                 not
                 only
                 in
                 behalf
                 of
                 the
                 
                   Sultana
                   Kiozem
                
                 ,
                 she
                 was
                 moved
                 with
                 compassion
                 also
                 to
                 her
                 Rival
                 Maiama
                 ,
                 who
                 with
                 her
                 Son
                 Soliman
                 was
                 to
                 have
                 been
                 punished
                 with
                 the
                 rest
                 of
                 the
                 Conspirators
                 .
              
               
                 She
                 obtained
                 their
                 Pardon
                 of
                 the
                 
                   Grand
                   Signior
                
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Ministers
                 who
                 would
                 have
                 sacrificed
                 her
                 to
                 his
                 Highnesses
                 safety
                 :
                 but
                 she
                 was
                 forced
                 to
                 yield
                 to
                 the
                 Remonstrances
                 of
                 the
                 Mufti
                 and
                 other
                 Officers
                 ,
                 who
                 convinced
                 her
                 and
                 the
                 Sultan
                 too
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 
                   Sultana
                   Kiozem's
                
                 Death
                 was
                 absolutely
                 necessary
                 to
                 the
                 good
                 of
                 the
                 State
                 ,
                 and
                 quiet
                 of
                 the
                 Empire
                 :
                 so
                 that
                 her
                 Grandson
                 Mahomet
                 was
                 obliged
                 to
                 consent
                 to
                 her
                 death
                 .
                 The
                 Ichoglans
                 ,
                 Eunuchs
                 ,
                 and
                 some
                 of
                 the
                 Souldiers
                 ,
                 out
                 of
                 a
                 brutish
                 zeal
                 ,
                 undertook
                 this
                 execution
                 instead
                 of
                 the
                 Mutes
                 ,
                 and
                 running
                 tumultuously
                 to
                 the
                 old
                 Sultana's
                 Apartment
                 ,
                 they
                 could
                 hardly
                 find
                 her
                 ;
                 for
                 hearing
                 she
                 was
                 looked
                 for
                 ,
                 she
                 hid
                 her self
                 in
                 a
                 Wardrobe
                 ,
                 under
                 the
                 cloaths
                 ;
                 from
                 whence
                 they
                 pulled
                 her
                 out
                 by
                 the
                 feet
                 ,
                 and
                 
                 forgetting
                 the
                 Emperour's
                 Orders
                 ,
                 who
                 charged
                 them
                 to
                 put
                 her
                 to
                 no
                 pain
                 ,
                 they
                 treated
                 her
                 basely
                 without
                 any
                 respect
                 to
                 her
                 Character
                 or
                 age
                 .
                 She
                 in
                 vain
                 endeavoured
                 to
                 stop
                 their
                 insolence
                 by
                 fair
                 words
                 ,
                 and
                 offers
                 of
                 great
                 sums
                 of
                 money
                 ;
                 for
                 without
                 hearkening
                 to
                 what
                 she
                 said
                 ,
                 they
                 drew
                 her
                 by
                 force
                 out
                 of
                 her
                 Chamber
                 ,
                 stript
                 her
                 ,
                 gave
                 her
                 several
                 blows
                 ,
                 and
                 tore
                 her
                 very
                 ears
                 for
                 Pearls
                 of
                 a
                 prodigious
                 greatness
                 that
                 hung
                 in
                 them
                 .
                 She
                 strugled
                 a
                 great
                 while
                 with
                 them
                 ,
                 defending
                 her self
                 with
                 extraordinary
                 vigour
                 for
                 a
                 woman
                 of
                 her
                 age
                 ,
                 but
                 at
                 last
                 with
                 much
                 ado
                 she
                 was
                 strangled
                 .
                 Thus
                 dyed
                 this
                 unhappy
                 Princess
                 ,
                 after
                 she
                 had
                 lived
                 fourscore
                 years
                 in
                 the
                 reigns
                 of
                 five
                 Emperors
                 .
                 She
                 was
                 of
                 the
                 Isle
                 of
                 Chios
                 ,
                 nobly
                 descended
                 :
                 She
                 had
                 five
                 Sons
                 and
                 two
                 Daughters
                 by
                 
                   Sultan
                   Achmet
                   ;
                   Amurath
                   ,
                   Osman
                
                 and
                 Ibrahim
                 sate
                 on
                 the
                 Throne
                 ;
                 her
                 two
                 Daughters
                 ,
                 with
                 Bajazet
                 and
                 Orchanes
                 died
                 by
                 the
                 hands
                 of
                 Executioners
                 .
                 She
                 seemed
                 not
                 to
                 be
                 above
                 fifty
                 years
                 old
                 .
                 Her
                 Constitution
                 was
                 wonderful
                 ,
                 her
                 great
                 age
                 had
                 abated
                 
                 very
                 little
                 of
                 her
                 strength
                 ,
                 and
                 brought
                 no
                 inconvenience
                 at
                 all
                 along
                 with
                 it
                 .
                 She
                 had
                 still
                 some
                 remains
                 of
                 beauty
                 that
                 shewed
                 her
                 to
                 have
                 been
                 the
                 handsomest
                 woman
                 of
                 her
                 time
                 .
                 Her
                 stature
                 which
                 was
                 the
                 most
                 advantagious
                 in
                 the
                 world
                 ,
                 did
                 not
                 incline
                 her
                 to
                 stoop
                 ;
                 she
                 was
                 not
                 grown
                 too
                 lean
                 ,
                 her
                 gate
                 was
                 steady
                 ,
                 her
                 conversation
                 pleasing
                 ,
                 her
                 hair
                 very
                 thick
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 change
                 of
                 the
                 colour
                 had
                 taken
                 away
                 very
                 little
                 of
                 its
                 grace
                 .
                 Her
                 forehead
                 was
                 not
                 wrinkled
                 ,
                 and
                 her
                 eyes
                 were
                 very
                 lively
                 .
                 Her
                 teeth
                 were
                 still
                 so
                 strong
                 ,
                 that
                 she
                 bit
                 off
                 one
                 of
                 his
                 fingers
                 ,
                 who
                 went
                 to
                 take
                 away
                 a
                 rich
                 Necklace
                 she
                 had
                 on
                 .
                 She
                 was
                 naturally
                 very
                 neat
                 ,
                 her
                 heart
                 was
                 magnificent
                 ,
                 her
                 inclination
                 generous
                 ,
                 her
                 soul
                 great
                 ,
                 resolute
                 ,
                 and
                 constant
                 :
                 she
                 was
                 mistress
                 of
                 a
                 thousand
                 extraordinary
                 qualities
                 ,
                 which
                 had
                 rendred
                 her
                 the
                 most
                 admirable
                 person
                 of
                 her
                 Sex
                 ,
                 if
                 she
                 had
                 been
                 less
                 cruel
                 and
                 ambitious
                 .
                 These
                 were
                 the
                 two
                 greatest
                 defects
                 that
                 could
                 be
                 imputed
                 to
                 her
                 ,
                 which
                 at
                 last
                 deprived
                 her
                 of
                 her
                 honour
                 ,
                 and
                 her
                 life
                 .
                 
                   Bactas
                   Aga
                
                 of
                 the
                 Janizaries
                 ,
                 
                 the
                 Bostangibachi
                 ,
                 the
                 
                   Capi
                   Aga
                
                 ,
                 the
                 Captain
                 General
                 of
                 the
                 Sea
                 ,
                 the
                 Aga
                 of
                 the
                 White
                 Eunuchs
                 ,
                 the
                 first
                 Capigi
                 ,
                 or
                 Captain
                 of
                 the
                 gate
                 of
                 the
                 Seraglio
                 ,
                 and
                 all
                 the
                 other
                 Officers
                 who
                 were
                 concerned
                 in
                 the
                 Conspiracy
                 ,
                 expiated
                 their
                 Crimes
                 ,
                 by
                 several
                 kinds
                 of
                 deaths
                 .
              
               
                 And
                 the
                 
                   Grand
                   Visiers
                
                 command
                 to
                 hinder
                 the
                 Criminals
                 from
                 escaping
                 ,
                 was
                 so
                 well
                 executed
                 ,
                 that
                 none
                 of
                 them
                 could
                 avoid
                 the
                 punishment
                 they
                 had
                 deserved
                 .
                 The
                 Janizaries
                 knew
                 nothing
                 of
                 what
                 had
                 passed
                 till
                 they
                 were
                 disabled
                 from
                 doing
                 any
                 mischief
                 ,
                 and
                 were
                 not
                 in
                 a
                 condition
                 to
                 resist
                 the
                 Spahies
                 ,
                 who
                 would
                 have
                 fallen
                 upon
                 them
                 ,
                 and
                 stirred
                 up
                 the
                 people
                 to
                 put
                 them
                 to
                 the
                 Sword
                 for
                 their
                 Treason
                 to
                 Ibrahim
                 ,
                 and
                 their
                 attempt
                 on
                 
                   Sultan
                   Mahomet
                
                 ;
                 and
                 the
                 
                   Grand
                   Signiors
                
                 Authority
                 would
                 not
                 have
                 kept
                 them
                 from
                 coming
                 to
                 blows
                 ,
                 if
                 the
                 
                   Grand
                   Visier
                
                 had
                 not
                 with-held
                 the
                 Spahies
                 by
                 giving
                 them
                 money
                 ,
                 and
                 assuring
                 them
                 that
                 the
                 Sultan
                 was
                 satisfied
                 with
                 the
                 punishment
                 of
                 their
                 leaders
                 .
                 After
                 that
                 ,
                 he
                 assembled
                 the
                 
                 Divan
                 ,
                 whither
                 all
                 the
                 Grandees
                 of
                 the
                 Port
                 ,
                 and
                 Constantinople
                 repaired
                 ;
                 to
                 whom
                 he
                 made
                 a
                 fine
                 speech
                 ,
                 which
                 he
                 ended
                 with
                 thanking
                 them
                 from
                 the
                 Sultan
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 
                   Great
                   Sultana
                
                 who
                 were
                 present
                 .
                 All
                 the
                 Assembly
                 answered
                 him
                 with
                 a
                 thousand
                 acclamations
                 of
                 Joy
                 ;
                 and
                 nothing
                 was
                 heard
                 all
                 over
                 the
                 City
                 ,
                 but
                 ,
                 live
                 
                   Sultan
                   Mahomet
                
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 
                   Great
                   Sultana
                   Valide
                
                 his
                 Mother
                 .
                 This
                 Title
                 which
                 signifies
                 Queen
                 ,
                 or
                 Empress
                 ,
                 was
                 then
                 conferr'd
                 on
                 her
                 ,
                 it
                 being
                 never
                 given
                 to
                 any
                 but
                 the
                 Emperors
                 Mother
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
             
               THE
               HISTORY
               of
               the
               Grand
               VISIERS
               .
            
             
               
                 The
                 second
                 Book
                 .
              
               
                 AFter
                 that
                 
                   Mahomet
                   Coprogli
                
                 had
                 thus
                 diverted
                 the
                 dangers
                 that
                 threatned
                 the
                 Sultana
                 ,
                 he
                 made
                 it
                 his
                 business
                 to
                 restore
                 the
                 peace
                 of
                 the
                 whole
                 Empire
                 ,
                 which
                 had
                 been
                 long
                 disturbed
                 by
                 the
                 tumults
                 of
                 the
                 Janizaries
                 :
                 but
                 knowing
                 their
                 seditious
                 humor
                 ,
                 and
                 foreseeing
                 it
                 would
                 be
                 difficult
                 to
                 make
                 them
                 continue
                 the
                 War
                 of
                 Candy
                 ,
                 in
                 which
                 they
                 could
                 never
                 succeed
                 ,
                 if
                 they
                 undertook
                 it
                 unwillingly
                 :
                 He
                 resolved
                 to
                 desist
                 from
                 that
                 a
                 while
                 ,
                 and
                 find
                 them
                 
                 imployment
                 somewhere
                 else
                 ,
                 where
                 they
                 could
                 make
                 no
                 excuse
                 or
                 objection
                 to
                 keep
                 them
                 from
                 fighting
                 .
                 He
                 took
                 exceptions
                 at
                 the
                 ambitious
                 projects
                 of
                 Ragotski
                 ,
                 Prince
                 of
                 Transylvania
                 ,
                 who
                 was
                 fallen
                 out
                 with
                 the
                 King
                 of
                 Poland
                 ,
                 in
                 favour
                 of
                 the
                 Swedes
                 ,
                 contrary
                 to
                 the
                 orders
                 of
                 the
                 Port
                 ,
                 which
                 allowed
                 not
                 that
                 Prince
                 to
                 make
                 any
                 War
                 without
                 its
                 approbation
                 .
                 The
                 
                   Grand
                   Visier
                
                 chose
                 the
                 most
                 factious
                 Officers
                 to
                 send
                 with
                 the
                 Janizaries
                 into
                 Transylvania
                 ,
                 as
                 well
                 to
                 chastise
                 Ragotski's
                 rashness
                 ,
                 as
                 to
                 receive
                 the
                 punishment
                 due
                 to
                 their
                 own
                 disobedience
                 ;
                 for
                 he
                 doubted
                 not
                 but
                 that
                 they
                 would
                 meet
                 with
                 a
                 vigorous
                 resistance
                 .
                 This
                 War
                 proved
                 extremely
                 bloody
                 ,
                 and
                 disadvantagious
                 to
                 the
                 Janizaries
                 ;
                 they
                 almost
                 all
                 perished
                 in
                 it
                 either
                 at
                 the
                 siege
                 of
                 Clausembourg
                 ,
                 which
                 they
                 were
                 fain
                 to
                 raise
                 after
                 they
                 had
                 lost
                 most
                 of
                 their
                 Forces
                 before
                 it
                 ;
                 or
                 at
                 the
                 Conquest
                 of
                 Waradin
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Combats
                 they
                 had
                 with
                 Prince
                 Ragotski
                 ;
                 besides
                 those
                 whom
                 the
                 Plague
                 swept
                 away
                 in
                 the
                 Camp
                 ,
                 finishing
                 the
                 destruction
                 of
                 
                 those
                 who
                 survived
                 the
                 War
                 :
                 so
                 that
                 there
                 hardly
                 remained
                 an
                 handful
                 of
                 them
                 to
                 bring
                 the
                 news
                 of
                 their
                 total
                 defeat
                 to
                 Constantinople
                 .
                 The
                 
                   Grand
                   Visier
                
                 who
                 hoped
                 for
                 no
                 better
                 success
                 ,
                 was
                 satisfied
                 to
                 see
                 his
                 expectation
                 was
                 not
                 deceived
                 .
                 Their
                 arrogance
                 was
                 so
                 much
                 abated
                 that
                 he
                 could
                 not
                 have
                 taken
                 a
                 fuller
                 revenge
                 of
                 them
                 who
                 had
                 been
                 so
                 bold
                 as
                 to
                 undertake
                 to
                 dethrone
                 their
                 Emperor
                 .
                 He
                 deliberated
                 a
                 while
                 whether
                 he
                 should
                 re-establish
                 this
                 Militia
                 or
                 no
                 ,
                 which
                 is
                 accounted
                 the
                 best
                 of
                 the
                 Ottoman
                 Empire
                 ,
                 whose
                 strength
                 and
                 support
                 it
                 is
                 said
                 to
                 be
                 :
                 And
                 this
                 presumption
                 is
                 the
                 reason
                 of
                 the
                 liberty
                 it
                 so
                 often
                 takes
                 of
                 being
                 seditious
                 .
                 It
                 was
                 in
                 this
                 Ministers
                 power
                 to
                 abolish
                 them
                 ;
                 but
                 considering
                 that
                 then
                 the
                 Spahies
                 who
                 take
                 themselves
                 to
                 be
                 the
                 only
                 Gentlemen
                 among
                 the
                 Turks
                 ,
                 would
                 grow
                 so
                 potent
                 that
                 they
                 would
                 be
                 no
                 less
                 dangerous
                 to
                 the
                 Emperor
                 and
                 the
                 State.
                 He
                 concluded
                 it
                 would
                 be
                 better
                 to
                 maintain
                 two
                 sorts
                 of
                 Militia
                 in
                 the
                 Empire
                 ,
                 whose
                 emulation
                 and
                 jealousie
                 would
                 keep
                 them
                 in
                 obedience
                 .
                 
                 Therefore
                 he
                 made
                 a
                 levy
                 of
                 men
                 fit
                 to
                 bear
                 Arms
                 ,
                 out
                 of
                 whom
                 he
                 chose
                 fifteen
                 thousand
                 of
                 the
                 best
                 to
                 be
                 Janizaries
                 .
                 These
                 he
                 Disciplined
                 for
                 some
                 time
                 ,
                 often
                 taking
                 reviews
                 of
                 them
                 ,
                 and
                 exercising
                 them
                 before
                 the
                 
                   Grand
                   Signior
                
                 .
                 To
                 accustom
                 them
                 to
                 be
                 obedient
                 ,
                 he
                 gave
                 them
                 Captains
                 that
                 were
                 at
                 his
                 devotion
                 ,
                 who
                 conducted
                 them
                 into
                 Candia
                 ,
                 where
                 he
                 resolved
                 to
                 continue
                 the
                 War
                 ,
                 though
                 it
                 was
                 very
                 toilsome
                 ,
                 and
                 expensive
                 .
                 The
                 Generals
                 who
                 had
                 been
                 sent
                 to
                 the
                 Conquest
                 of
                 this
                 Island
                 ,
                 since
                 the
                 beginning
                 of
                 the
                 War
                 ,
                 made
                 use
                 of
                 the
                 command
                 they
                 had
                 over
                 the
                 Army
                 ,
                 to
                 raise
                 their
                 authority
                 ;
                 so
                 that
                 they
                 would
                 hardly
                 submit
                 to
                 the
                 Port.
                 They
                 pretended
                 at
                 least
                 to
                 be
                 equal
                 to
                 the
                 
                   Grand
                   Visier
                
                 ,
                 whom
                 they
                 no
                 longer
                 looked
                 on
                 as
                 their
                 Superior
                 .
                 The
                 exigency
                 of
                 affairs
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 troubles
                 that
                 hapned
                 in
                 the
                 State
                 ,
                 had
                 hindred
                 the
                 Divan
                 from
                 repressing
                 their
                 insolence
                 :
                 But
                 
                   Mahomet
                   Coprogli
                
                 thought
                 it
                 high
                 time
                 to
                 oppose
                 the
                 growth
                 of
                 an
                 authority
                 that
                 destroyed
                 his
                 ,
                 and
                 prevent
                 the
                 
                 ill
                 consequences
                 which
                 the
                 ambition
                 of
                 
                   Bassa
                   Delle
                   Vssain
                
                 ,
                 General
                 of
                 the
                 Army
                 in
                 Candia
                 ,
                 might
                 have
                 ,
                 who
                 took
                 a
                 great
                 deal
                 of
                 state
                 upon
                 him
                 ,
                 contemned
                 the
                 
                   Grand
                   Visier
                
                 ,
                 would
                 receive
                 no
                 orders
                 from
                 the
                 Port
                 but
                 such
                 as
                 pleased
                 him
                 ,
                 and
                 used
                 threats
                 when
                 he
                 had
                 not
                 every
                 thing
                 he
                 asked
                 .
                 He
                 craftily
                 got
                 this
                 proud
                 General
                 to
                 Constantinople
                 ,
                 to
                 make
                 a
                 memorable
                 example
                 of
                 him
                 to
                 posterity
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 maintain
                 the
                 honour
                 of
                 his
                 Master
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 authority
                 of
                 his
                 Charge
                 .
                 
                   Vssain
                   Bassa
                
                 was
                 no
                 sooner
                 arrived
                 at
                 the
                 Port
                 ,
                 whither
                 his
                 own
                 presumption
                 ,
                 fortified
                 by
                 the
                 
                   Visier
                   Azems
                
                 splendid
                 promises
                 ,
                 had
                 unhappily
                 brought
                 him
                 :
                 but
                 he
                 was
                 thrown
                 into
                 the
                 bottom
                 of
                 a
                 prison
                 ,
                 with
                 a
                 great
                 many
                 Christian
                 Officers
                 ,
                 whom
                 he
                 had
                 brought
                 along
                 with
                 him
                 in
                 triumph
                 ,
                 and
                 whom
                 ,
                 swelled
                 with
                 pride
                 and
                 rashness
                 ,
                 he
                 still
                 abused
                 in
                 the
                 Dungeon
                 ,
                 where
                 not
                 long
                 after
                 he
                 was
                 strangled
                 before
                 them
                 ;
                 which
                 afflicted
                 him
                 more
                 ,
                 than
                 death
                 it self
                 .
              
               
                 By
                 this
                 exact
                 Justice
                 ,
                 
                   Mahomet
                   Coprogli
                
                 
                 kept
                 the
                 Souldiers
                 ,
                 and
                 all
                 the
                 Officers
                 of
                 the
                 Empire
                 in
                 obedience
                 .
                 The
                 resolution
                 of
                 this
                 great
                 Minister
                 was
                 admirable
                 ,
                 in
                 this
                 bold
                 action
                 ,
                 of
                 putting
                 to
                 death
                 so
                 famous
                 ,
                 and
                 so
                 important
                 a
                 man
                 ,
                 who
                 thought
                 his
                 Authority
                 secure
                 ,
                 and
                 much
                 more
                 his
                 Life
                 ;
                 having
                 gained
                 an
                 absolute
                 power
                 over
                 the
                 Souldiers
                 ,
                 and
                 engaged
                 the
                 chief
                 of
                 the
                 Empire
                 to
                 his
                 side
                 .
                 But
                 the
                 apprehension
                 of
                 the
                 consequence
                 of
                 this
                 blow
                 ,
                 hindred
                 not
                 the
                 
                   Visier
                   Azem
                
                 from
                 giving
                 it
                 ,
                 to
                 prevent
                 the
                 Bassa's
                 intrigues
                 ,
                 which
                 must
                 needs
                 have
                 been
                 prejudicial
                 to
                 the
                 Emperor
                 ,
                 and
                 his
                 Subjects
                 .
                 He
                 foresaw
                 how
                 much
                 he
                 should
                 expose
                 himself
                 ,
                 but
                 his
                 zeal
                 to
                 serve
                 the
                 State
                 ,
                 and
                 his
                 Master
                 ,
                 made
                 him
                 pass
                 by
                 such
                 considerations
                 ,
                 and
                 slight
                 all
                 dangers
                 .
                 He
                 was
                 not
                 at
                 all
                 concerned
                 that
                 his
                 enemies
                 blamed
                 this
                 action
                 ,
                 being
                 certain
                 that
                 those
                 who
                 were
                 of
                 
                   Vssain
                   Bassa's
                
                 party
                 would
                 impute
                 his
                 death
                 to
                 his
                 jealousie
                 :
                 but
                 he
                 knew
                 that
                 there
                 is
                 no
                 station
                 at
                 Court
                 free
                 from
                 censure
                 ,
                 and
                 no
                 behaviour
                 so
                 prudent
                 ,
                 as
                 to
                 prevent
                 all
                 accidents
                 ,
                 
                 and
                 that
                 the
                 Ministers
                 of
                 Princes
                 are
                 most
                 exposed
                 to
                 the
                 wounds
                 of
                 envy
                 .
                 This
                 consideration
                 kept
                 him
                 from
                 punishing
                 the
                 chief
                 of
                 the
                 Port
                 ,
                 among
                 whom
                 was
                 the
                 Mufti
                 .
                 The
                 
                   Sultana
                   Valide
                
                 was
                 Regent
                 of
                 the
                 Empire
                 ;
                 she
                 knew
                 the
                 fidelity
                 ,
                 and
                 wonderful
                 genius
                 of
                 
                   Mahomet
                   Coprogli
                
                 ;
                 she
                 had
                 an
                 intire
                 confidence
                 in
                 him
                 ,
                 relied
                 on
                 his
                 care
                 ,
                 communicated
                 all
                 things
                 to
                 him
                 ,
                 and
                 was
                 not
                 ashamed
                 to
                 testifie
                 her
                 gratitude
                 to
                 him
                 to
                 whom
                 she
                 owed
                 her
                 life
                 ,
                 and
                 her
                 Son
                 ,
                 his
                 life
                 ,
                 and
                 Empire
                 .
                 Those
                 who
                 envied
                 the
                 greatness
                 ,
                 and
                 desert
                 of
                 the
                 
                   Visier
                   Azem
                
                 ,
                 found
                 fault
                 with
                 the
                 
                   Sultana
                   Valide's
                
                 kindness
                 to
                 him
                 ;
                 which
                 when
                 this
                 wise
                 Politician
                 perceived
                 ,
                 that
                 he
                 might
                 prefer
                 the
                 good
                 of
                 the
                 State
                 before
                 his
                 own
                 interest
                 ,
                 he
                 was
                 so
                 generous
                 as
                 to
                 desire
                 the
                 Sultana
                 to
                 moderate
                 her
                 affection
                 ,
                 which
                 perhaps
                 was
                 but
                 the
                 pure
                 effect
                 of
                 her
                 gratitude
                 .
                 And
                 she
                 did
                 it
                 in
                 conformity
                 to
                 the
                 prudence
                 of
                 this
                 great
                 man
                 ,
                 who
                 established
                 his
                 fortune
                 with
                 so
                 much
                 modesty
                 ,
                 and
                 discretion
                 ,
                 that
                 it
                 was
                 never
                 subject
                 to
                 the
                 least
                 difgraces
                 ;
                 
                 and
                 he
                 sustained
                 the
                 affaults
                 of
                 his
                 Enemies
                 with
                 so
                 much
                 constancy
                 and
                 steddiness
                 ,
                 that
                 they
                 were
                 forced
                 at
                 last
                 to
                 beg
                 his
                 pardon
                 ;
                 which
                 the
                 generous
                 Coprogli
                 easily
                 granted
                 them
                 ,
                 besides
                 many
                 other
                 favours
                 .
              
               
                 In
                 the
                 mean
                 time
                 the
                 Recruits
                 which
                 he
                 had
                 sent
                 into
                 Candia
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Troops
                 which
                 
                   Ali
                   Bassa
                
                 had
                 led
                 into
                 Dalmatia
                 ,
                 gave
                 hopes
                 of
                 great
                 advantages
                 over
                 the
                 Venetians
                 ,
                 who
                 seeing
                 themselves
                 attaqued
                 by
                 two
                 powerful
                 Armies
                 at
                 once
                 ,
                 thought
                 it
                 their
                 best
                 way
                 to
                 make
                 a
                 League
                 with
                 some
                 Prince
                 that
                 was
                 able
                 to
                 divert
                 the
                 Ottoman
                 Forces
                 .
                 To
                 this
                 purpose
                 they
                 sent
                 to
                 their
                 Agent
                 whom
                 they
                 usually
                 maintain
                 in
                 the
                 Persian
                 Court
                 ,
                 to
                 treat
                 an
                 Alliance
                 out
                 of
                 hand
                 with
                 the
                 Sophy
                 ,
                 to
                 oblige
                 him
                 to
                 take
                 Arms
                 in
                 behalf
                 of
                 the
                 Republick
                 .
                 The
                 Resident
                 succeeded
                 in
                 his
                 Negotiation
                 ,
                 as
                 well
                 as
                 the
                 Signiory
                 could
                 wish
                 .
                 And
                 
                   Achab
                   Acmes
                   Sophi
                
                 newly
                 newly
                 come
                 to
                 the
                 Throne
                 by
                 the
                 Death
                 of
                 the
                 King
                 his
                 Father
                 ,
                 took
                 occasion
                 to
                 demand
                 of
                 
                   Sultan
                   Mahomet
                
                 the
                 restitution
                 of
                 Bagdet
                 ,
                 which
                 
                 has
                 ever
                 been
                 the
                 Domain
                 of
                 the
                 Kings
                 of
                 Persia
                 ,
                 and
                 in
                 case
                 of
                 denial
                 ,
                 declared
                 War
                 against
                 him
                 .
              
               
                 Babylon
                 ,
                 now
                 Bagdet
                 ,
                 is
                 not
                 only
                 one
                 of
                 the
                 best
                 flowers
                 of
                 the
                 Ottoman
                 Crown
                 ,
                 but
                 is
                 a
                 place
                 of
                 such
                 importance
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 Turkish
                 Emperor
                 could
                 not
                 restore
                 it
                 to
                 the
                 Persian
                 ,
                 without
                 opening
                 him
                 the
                 way
                 to
                 Constantinople
                 .
                 The
                 
                   Grand
                   Visier
                
                 thought
                 it
                 not
                 convenient
                 to
                 facilitate
                 the
                 means
                 of
                 so
                 dangerous
                 an
                 Enemies
                 visiting
                 his
                 Master
                 ,
                 when
                 he
                 should
                 have
                 a
                 mind
                 to
                 it
                 :
                 therefore
                 he
                 sent
                 back
                 the
                 Persian
                 Embassador
                 with
                 a
                 refusal
                 ,
                 which
                 made
                 the
                 Sophy
                 endeavour
                 to
                 reduce
                 Babylon
                 with
                 a
                 powerful
                 Army
                 .
                 The
                 Grand
                 Duke
                 of
                 Muscovy
                 had
                 pretensions
                 to
                 the
                 Provinces
                 that
                 border'd
                 his
                 Dominions
                 :
                 he
                 listned
                 favourably
                 to
                 the
                 Complaints
                 and
                 Propositions
                 of
                 the
                 Venetian
                 Embassador
                 ,
                 and
                 received
                 his
                 presents
                 ,
                 with
                 the
                 offers
                 which
                 the
                 Common-wealth
                 made
                 him
                 of
                 a
                 very
                 considerable
                 sum
                 ,
                 in
                 case
                 he
                 would
                 invade
                 the
                 Turks
                 .
                 He
                 sent
                 an
                 Embassador
                 to
                 Venice
                 ,
                 to
                 assure
                 the
                 Senate
                 of
                 his
                 assistance
                 .
                 
                 At
                 the
                 same
                 time
                 the
                 Cham
                 or
                 Emperor
                 of
                 the
                 Tartars
                 thought
                 of
                 revenging
                 the
                 death
                 of
                 his
                 Father
                 ,
                 who
                 was
                 murthered
                 by
                 
                   Sultan
                   Ibrahim
                
                 .
                 The
                 alliance
                 that
                 has
                 always
                 been
                 between
                 the
                 Chams
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Sultans
                 ,
                 makes
                 those
                 Princes
                 be
                 thought
                 to
                 hold
                 in
                 some
                 sort
                 of
                 the
                 Turkish
                 Empire
                 ,
                 because
                 they
                 receive
                 great
                 sums
                 of
                 mony
                 to
                 maintain
                 the
                 vast
                 Armies
                 which
                 they
                 have
                 always
                 on
                 foot
                 ,
                 to
                 furnish
                 the
                 
                   Grand
                   Signior
                
                 with
                 Troops
                 ,
                 when
                 he
                 undertakes
                 any
                 War
                 ;
                 which
                 causes
                 a
                 continual
                 commerce
                 between
                 them
                 :
                 therefore
                 the
                 
                   Grand
                   Cham
                
                 is
                 not
                 treated
                 at
                 the
                 Port
                 like
                 other
                 Forein
                 Princes
                 ,
                 but
                 is
                 looked
                 on
                 as
                 the
                 presumptive
                 Heir
                 of
                 the
                 Ottoman
                 Empire
                 ,
                 in
                 case
                 the
                 Race
                 of
                 the
                 Sultans
                 comes
                 to
                 fail
                 for
                 want
                 of
                 Males
                 .
                 And
                 this
                 was
                 it
                 that
                 caused
                 the
                 Cham
                 to
                 send
                 an
                 Embassador
                 at
                 Mahomets
                 coming
                 to
                 the
                 Empire
                 ,
                 to
                 desire
                 that
                 he
                 might
                 be
                 named
                 Tutor
                 to
                 the
                 young
                 Prince
                 ;
                 believing
                 that
                 it
                 belonged
                 to
                 him
                 before
                 any
                 other
                 ,
                 by
                 the
                 right
                 which
                 the
                 laws
                 of
                 the
                 Musulmans
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Turkish
                 Constitutions
                 give
                 him
                 to
                 
                 the
                 Crown
                 .
                 But
                 the
                 Divan
                 having
                 rejected
                 this
                 Demand
                 ,
                 he
                 did
                 not
                 openly
                 shew
                 his
                 displeasure
                 ,
                 waiting
                 an
                 occasion
                 to
                 make
                 it
                 appear
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 require
                 satisfaction
                 as
                 well
                 for
                 that
                 ,
                 as
                 for
                 the
                 murther
                 of
                 his
                 Father
                 .
                 This
                 conjuncture
                 of
                 affairs
                 seeming
                 favourable
                 to
                 his
                 design
                 ,
                 he
                 declared
                 the
                 cause
                 of
                 his
                 discontent
                 ,
                 by
                 denouncing
                 War
                 against
                 the
                 
                   Grand
                   Signior
                
                 ,
                 and
                 sending
                 his
                 Forces
                 to
                 spoil
                 his
                 Dominions
                 .
                 This
                 Enemy
                 was
                 very
                 considerable
                 ;
                 the
                 Sophy
                 was
                 no
                 less
                 formidable
                 ;
                 the
                 Moscovite
                 was
                 not
                 to
                 be
                 slighted
                 ;
                 and
                 the
                 Venetians
                 on
                 their
                 side
                 made
                 great
                 preparations
                 :
                 but
                 beside
                 ,
                 there
                 sprung
                 up
                 a
                 domestick
                 dissension
                 ,
                 which
                 was
                 no
                 less
                 dangerous
                 .
                 The
                 Spahies
                 and
                 the
                 Janizaries
                 who
                 are
                 the
                 two
                 strongest
                 nerves
                 of
                 the
                 
                   Grand
                   Signior's
                
                 Forces
                 ,
                 and
                 are
                 in
                 continual
                 enmity
                 ,
                 by
                 reason
                 of
                 their
                 jealousie
                 of
                 one
                 another
                 ,
                 hapned
                 to
                 quarrel
                 ,
                 and
                 proceeded
                 so
                 far
                 as
                 to
                 fortifie
                 themselves
                 one
                 against
                 the
                 other
                 ;
                 so
                 that
                 they
                 became
                 intractable
                 ,
                 and
                 could
                 not
                 be
                 brought
                 to
                 march
                 to
                 the
                 place
                 where
                 they
                 were
                 
                 ordered
                 .
                 They
                 kept
                 Constantinople
                 in
                 perpetual
                 fears
                 ,
                 no
                 body
                 durst
                 stir
                 abroad
                 into
                 the
                 streets
                 ;
                 nothing
                 was
                 heard
                 of
                 but
                 Murthers
                 ,
                 and
                 Robberies
                 ,
                 and
                 apprehensions
                 of
                 Fire
                 ;
                 the
                 desolation
                 was
                 general
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Seraglio
                 was
                 in
                 the
                 greater
                 consternation
                 ,
                 because
                 it
                 seemed
                 impossible
                 to
                 provide
                 against
                 so
                 many
                 mischiefs
                 at
                 once
                 .
                 But
                 as
                 if
                 fate
                 had
                 raised
                 all
                 these
                 disorders
                 together
                 ,
                 on
                 purpose
                 to
                 set
                 forth
                 the
                 prudence
                 of
                 the
                 
                   Visier
                   Azem
                
                 ,
                 by
                 his
                 prodigious
                 conduct
                 ,
                 he
                 found
                 means
                 to
                 appease
                 the
                 domestick
                 tumults
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 stop
                 the
                 torrent
                 of
                 so
                 many
                 Potentates
                 ,
                 who
                 seemed
                 to
                 have
                 united
                 their
                 Forces
                 in
                 order
                 to
                 the
                 Sultans
                 ruine
                 .
                 However
                 ,
                 
                   Mahomet
                   Coprogli
                
                 preserved
                 his
                 constancy
                 in
                 the
                 midst
                 of
                 their
                 misfortunes
                 ;
                 shewing
                 how
                 advantagious
                 it
                 is
                 both
                 to
                 a
                 Prince
                 ,
                 and
                 his
                 people
                 ,
                 to
                 have
                 a
                 Minister
                 whose
                 steady
                 courage
                 no
                 revolutions
                 can
                 shake
                 :
                 He
                 judged
                 it
                 necessary
                 to
                 resist
                 the
                 greatest
                 danger
                 first
                 .
                 The
                 Persian
                 War
                 seemed
                 the
                 most
                 important
                 ,
                 therefore
                 he
                 resolved
                 to
                 discontinue
                 that
                 of
                 Candia
                 ,
                 that
                 
                 he
                 might
                 not
                 be
                 obliged
                 by
                 so
                 many
                 diversions
                 ,
                 to
                 encounter
                 so
                 many
                 enemies
                 at
                 once
                 .
                 It
                 was
                 requisite
                 to
                 unite
                 the
                 Ottoman
                 Forces
                 to
                 repulse
                 the
                 Sophy
                 ,
                 who
                 had
                 made
                 a
                 furious
                 irruption
                 into
                 the
                 Sultans
                 Dominions
                 :
                 but
                 though
                 he
                 withdrew
                 some
                 of
                 his
                 Troops
                 out
                 of
                 Candia
                 ,
                 and
                 Dalmatia
                 ,
                 he
                 left
                 enought
                 behind
                 ,
                 to
                 let
                 the
                 Venetians
                 see
                 that
                 he
                 did
                 not
                 abandon
                 his
                 design
                 .
                 The
                 Garrisons
                 were
                 sufficient
                 to
                 preserve
                 the
                 conquered
                 places
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Works
                 that
                 were
                 begun
                 ;
                 which
                 were
                 furnished
                 with
                 provisions
                 enough
                 to
                 subsist
                 till
                 he
                 should
                 be
                 in
                 a
                 condition
                 to
                 supply
                 them
                 with
                 new
                 Forces
                 to
                 continue
                 his
                 Conquests
                 .
                 These
                 Troops
                 being
                 formed
                 into
                 the
                 body
                 of
                 an
                 Army
                 were
                 sent
                 towards
                 Transylvania
                 ,
                 under
                 the
                 conduct
                 of
                 
                   Ali
                   Bassa
                
                 .
                 At
                 the
                 same
                 time
                 he
                 caused
                 a
                 mighty
                 Fleet
                 to
                 be
                 rigged
                 ,
                 with
                 which
                 the
                 Bassa
                 of
                 the
                 Sea
                 was
                 to
                 oppose
                 the
                 Venetians
                 .
                 He
                 ordered
                 the
                 Governors
                 of
                 Syria
                 ,
                 and
                 Mesopotamia
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Provinces
                 bordering
                 on
                 Persia
                 to
                 send
                 all
                 the
                 Provisions
                 they
                 could
                 to
                 Bagdet
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 make
                 speedy
                 Levies
                 
                 to
                 reinforce
                 the
                 Garrisons
                 ,
                 whilst
                 he
                 prepared
                 a
                 numerous
                 Army
                 to
                 resist
                 the
                 Sophy
                 ,
                 who
                 on
                 his
                 side
                 also
                 made
                 great
                 preparations
                 for
                 the
                 War.
                 
              
               
                 The
                 Divan
                 seeing
                 the
                 
                   Grand
                   Visier
                
                 had
                 so
                 many
                 Armies
                 to
                 bring
                 into
                 the
                 Field
                 ,
                 proposed
                 to
                 him
                 to
                 put
                 the
                 Law
                 in
                 execution
                 ,
                 by
                 which
                 all
                 the
                 
                   Grand
                   Signior's
                
                 Subjects
                 ,
                 above
                 the
                 age
                 of
                 seven
                 years
                 ,
                 are
                 obliged
                 to
                 take
                 Arms
                 for
                 the
                 defence
                 of
                 the
                 State
                 :
                 But
                 
                   Mahomet
                   Coprogli
                
                 would
                 not
                 suffer
                 it
                 to
                 be
                 published
                 ,
                 though
                 they
                 reproached
                 him
                 of
                 rashly
                 exposing
                 the
                 Sultan's
                 Honour
                 ,
                 and
                 Power
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 liberty
                 of
                 his
                 people
                 ,
                 who
                 were
                 invaded
                 on
                 all
                 sides
                 ,
                 and
                 had
                 not
                 forces
                 enough
                 to
                 repulse
                 so
                 many
                 Enemies
                 at
                 once
                 .
                 He
                 answered
                 that
                 it
                 was
                 true
                 ,
                 the
                 summoning
                 of
                 all
                 the
                 
                   Grand
                   Signior's
                
                 Subjects
                 might
                 compose
                 vast
                 Armies
                 ,
                 but
                 that
                 he
                 did
                 not
                 think
                 it
                 fit
                 to
                 come
                 to
                 those
                 extremities
                 :
                 besides
                 ,
                 that
                 among
                 such
                 multitudes
                 a
                 thousand
                 disorders
                 would
                 happen
                 more
                 prejudicial
                 ,
                 than
                 their
                 assistance
                 would
                 be
                 useful
                 ;
                 that
                 it
                 was
                 the
                 way
                 to
                 expose
                 the
                 Emperors
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Nations
                 
                 glory
                 :
                 that
                 the
                 Enemies
                 would
                 believe
                 the
                 Empire
                 was
                 reduced
                 to
                 the
                 utmost
                 straits
                 ,
                 and
                 would
                 make
                 their
                 advantage
                 of
                 it
                 ;
                 and
                 lastly
                 that
                 the
                 people
                 whom
                 they
                 advised
                 him
                 to
                 arm
                 ,
                 not
                 being
                 disciplined
                 ,
                 would
                 make
                 a
                 tumultuous
                 Army
                 ,
                 and
                 would
                 confound
                 the
                 other
                 Troops
                 :
                 and
                 that
                 he
                 hoped
                 the
                 Sultan
                 might
                 face
                 his
                 Enemies
                 ,
                 and
                 finish
                 the
                 War
                 without
                 this
                 last
                 refuge
                 .
              
               
                 But
                 as
                 if
                 Fortune
                 had
                 a
                 mind
                 to
                 punish
                 his
                 presumption
                 ,
                 and
                 put
                 his
                 courage
                 and
                 constancy
                 to
                 the
                 highest
                 proofs
                 ,
                 she
                 raised
                 him
                 up
                 a
                 new
                 enemy
                 whom
                 he
                 never
                 dreamt
                 of
                 .
                 This
                 
                   Orcan
                   Ogli
                   Bassa
                
                 of
                 Aleppo
                 ,
                 who
                 having
                 made
                 use
                 of
                 the
                 
                   Grand
                   Visier's
                
                 orders
                 to
                 raise
                 an
                 Army
                 of
                 forty
                 thousand
                 men
                 ,
                 caused
                 them
                 to
                 march
                 towards
                 Constantinople
                 ,
                 without
                 declaring
                 his
                 design
                 .
                 
                   Mahomet
                   Coprogli
                
                 was
                 advertised
                 of
                 his
                 march
                 at
                 that
                 time
                 ,
                 when
                 he
                 was
                 busied
                 in
                 raising
                 of
                 men
                 to
                 provide
                 against
                 the
                 most
                 pressing
                 necessities
                 .
                 He
                 was
                 much
                 surprized
                 when
                 he
                 understood
                 that
                 he
                 had
                 taken
                 the
                 Field
                 without
                 his
                 order
                 ,
                 not
                 thinking
                 
                 at
                 first
                 ,
                 that
                 he
                 was
                 revolted
                 :
                 but
                 he
                 soon
                 found
                 that
                 this
                 Bassa
                 who
                 had
                 succeeded
                 him
                 in
                 the
                 Government
                 of
                 Aleppo
                 ,
                 and
                 was
                 Nephew
                 to
                 
                   Delli
                   Vssain
                   Pacha
                
                 ,
                 whom
                 he
                 had
                 put
                 to
                 death
                 some
                 time
                 before
                 ,
                 was
                 resolved
                 to
                 make
                 use
                 of
                 this
                 conjunction
                 of
                 time
                 to
                 revenge
                 his
                 Unkle
                 ,
                 and
                 some
                 private
                 grudges
                 of
                 his
                 own
                 .
                 He
                 had
                 drawn
                 to
                 his
                 side
                 several
                 Captains
                 ,
                 and
                 abundance
                 of
                 Souldierr
                 ,
                 who
                 had
                 served
                 under
                 this
                 famous
                 
                   Bassa
                   Dalli
                   Vssain
                   Pacha
                
                 ,
                 whose
                 memory
                 was
                 dear
                 to
                 them
                 ;
                 and
                 to
                 make
                 his
                 revenge
                 the
                 more
                 remarkable
                 ,
                 and
                 give
                 the
                 enterprize
                 more
                 weight
                 ,
                 he
                 pretended
                 to
                 establish
                 one
                 
                   Soliman
                   Amurath
                
                 on
                 the
                 Ottoman
                 Throne
                 ,
                 who
                 said
                 he
                 was
                 the
                 Son
                 of
                 the
                 Emperour
                 Amurat
                 ,
                 and
                 joyned
                 himself
                 to
                 him
                 with
                 an
                 Army
                 of
                 twenty
                 thousand
                 
                   Arabians
                   ,
                   Drus
                
                 ,
                 and
                 
                   Armenians
                   .
                   Orcan
                   Ogli
                
                 acknowledged
                 him
                 ,
                 and
                 made
                 his
                 Army
                 own
                 him
                 to
                 be
                 the
                 lawful
                 Successor
                 to
                 the
                 Empire
                 .
                 This
                 news
                 was
                 quickly
                 spread
                 over
                 all
                 the
                 Provinces
                 ,
                 and
                 met
                 with
                 so
                 much
                 credit
                 ,
                 that
                 several
                 Bassa's
                 came
                 to
                 pay
                 homage
                 to
                 the
                 
                 new
                 Prince
                 ,
                 who
                 already
                 behaved
                 himself
                 as
                 Emperor
                 .
                 The
                 Provinces
                 of
                 Asia
                 made
                 no
                 difficulty
                 of
                 submitting
                 to
                 him
                 .
                 His
                 Authority
                 increased
                 daily
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 little
                 opposition
                 he
                 found
                 to
                 his
                 new
                 greatness
                 ,
                 made
                 the
                 Bassa
                 of
                 Aleppo
                 so
                 confident
                 of
                 success
                 ,
                 that
                 he
                 counselled
                 him
                 to
                 reject
                 the
                 Sophi's
                 Propositions
                 ,
                 who
                 offered
                 to
                 assist
                 him
                 to
                 conquer
                 the
                 whole
                 Turkish
                 Empire
                 .
                 This
                 Prince
                 swelled
                 with
                 his
                 prosperity
                 ,
                 and
                 governing
                 himself
                 by
                 
                   Orcan
                   Ogli's
                
                 advice
                 ,
                 whom
                 he
                 made
                 his
                 Lieutenant
                 General
                 ,
                 slighted
                 these
                 advantagious
                 offers
                 ,
                 believing
                 he
                 should
                 have
                 no
                 need
                 of
                 Succors
                 that
                 would
                 cost
                 him
                 so
                 dear
                 ,
                 to
                 gain
                 a
                 Crown
                 ,
                 which
                 he
                 hoped
                 to
                 wear
                 without
                 sharing
                 it
                 with
                 so
                 powerful
                 and
                 dangerous
                 a
                 Prince
                 as
                 the
                 King
                 of
                 Persia.
                 Therefore
                 he
                 continued
                 his
                 march
                 streight
                 to
                 Constantinople
                 ,
                 where
                 the
                 Bassa
                 of
                 Aleppo
                 ,
                 General
                 of
                 his
                 Army
                 intended
                 to
                 place
                 him
                 on
                 the
                 Throne
                 ;
                 not
                 questioning
                 but
                 the
                 Capital
                 City
                 of
                 the
                 Empire
                 would
                 open
                 its
                 Gates
                 ,
                 in
                 obedience
                 to
                 their
                 Emperor
                 
                   Soliman
                   Amurat
                
                 ,
                 as
                 
                 many
                 others
                 had
                 done
                 already
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 noise
                 of
                 approach
                 put
                 all
                 the
                 world
                 into
                 a
                 strange
                 consternation
                 .
                 The
                 Divan
                 knew
                 not
                 what
                 counsel
                 to
                 give
                 the
                 
                   Grand
                   Visier
                
                 ,
                 but
                 the
                 extremity
                 of
                 Affairs
                 made
                 him
                 find
                 expedients
                 in
                 the
                 greatest
                 necessities
                 .
                 He
                 preserved
                 his
                 judgment
                 as
                 well
                 now
                 as
                 before
                 ,
                 and
                 studying
                 how
                 to
                 prevent
                 what
                 was
                 most
                 to
                 be
                 feared
                 ,
                 seized
                 on
                 those
                 Bassa's
                 and
                 Officers
                 whom
                 he
                 knew
                 to
                 be
                 ill
                 affected
                 ,
                 and
                 might
                 forment
                 the
                 Rebellion
                 :
                 and
                 to
                 suppress
                 all
                 murmurs
                 ,
                 immediately
                 punished
                 these
                 Incendiaries
                 .
                 Then
                 he
                 furnished
                 the
                 City
                 with
                 all
                 sorts
                 of
                 Ammunition
                 ,
                 and
                 commanded
                 his
                 Son
                 
                   Achmet
                   Coprogli
                
                 at
                 the
                 head
                 of
                 threescore
                 thousand
                 men
                 ,
                 with
                 which
                 he
                 had
                 design'd
                 to
                 oppose
                 the
                 Sophy
                 ,
                 to
                 march
                 under
                 the
                 conduct
                 of
                 
                   Mustapha
                   Bassa
                
                 ,
                 a
                 man
                 of
                 integrity
                 and
                 great
                 experience
                 ,
                 against
                 
                   Soliman
                   Amurath
                
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Bassa
                 of
                 Aleppo
                 ,
                 and
                 give
                 them
                 Battle
                 as
                 soon
                 as
                 he
                 could
                 .
                 The
                 apprehension
                 of
                 some
                 insurrection
                 ,
                 kept
                 him
                 from
                 commanding
                 this
                 Army
                 himself
                 ,
                 believing
                 it
                 necessary
                 for
                 
                 him
                 to
                 remain
                 at
                 Constantinople
                 ,
                 to
                 have
                 an
                 eye
                 to
                 all
                 :
                 he
                 had
                 much
                 ado
                 to
                 contain
                 the
                 Sultan
                 ,
                 who
                 burned
                 with
                 impatience
                 to
                 be
                 in
                 the
                 Field
                 ,
                 not
                 induring
                 to
                 stay
                 in
                 the
                 Seraglio
                 ,
                 while
                 his
                 Favourite
                 Achmet
                 ,
                 who
                 was
                 almost
                 of
                 the
                 same
                 age
                 ,
                 exercised
                 his
                 Valour
                 against
                 his
                 Enemies
                 ,
                 whom
                 he
                 would
                 have
                 chastised
                 himself
                 :
                 but
                 the
                 
                   Grand
                   Visier
                
                 told
                 him
                 ,
                 with
                 the
                 authority
                 of
                 a
                 Governour
                 ,
                 that
                 his
                 Highness
                 ought
                 not
                 to
                 remove
                 from
                 Constantinople
                 ,
                 lest
                 the
                 Mutineers
                 should
                 raise
                 some
                 Sedition
                 in
                 his
                 absence
                 ,
                 which
                 would
                 be
                 of
                 worse
                 consequence
                 than
                 all
                 the
                 other
                 mischiefs
                 that
                 threatned
                 his
                 fortune
                 .
                 That
                 he
                 should
                 not
                 hazard
                 his
                 person
                 against
                 an
                 Adventurer
                 ,
                 and
                 a
                 revolted
                 Subject
                 ;
                 that
                 he
                 could
                 acquire
                 no
                 glory
                 by
                 their
                 defeat
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 it
                 became
                 his
                 greatness
                 rather
                 to
                 punish
                 them
                 ,
                 than
                 to
                 expose
                 himself
                 to
                 the
                 danger
                 of
                 a
                 War
                 ,
                 which
                 his
                 Captains
                 might
                 terminate
                 ,
                 while
                 he
                 sate
                 on
                 his
                 Throne
                 ,
                 to
                 take
                 care
                 of
                 the
                 Affairs
                 of
                 his
                 Empire
                 ,
                 and
                 answer
                 the
                 Embassadors
                 of
                 Princes
                 ,
                 that
                 arrived
                 every
                 day
                 at
                 
                 the
                 Port.
                 The
                 Sultan
                 yielded
                 at
                 last
                 to
                 the
                 Remonstrances
                 of
                 this
                 great
                 Minister
                 ,
                 and
                 suffered
                 
                   Achmet
                   Coprogli
                
                 to
                 go
                 ,
                 who
                 made
                 all
                 the
                 haste
                 he
                 could
                 to
                 meet
                 the
                 Enemies
                 ;
                 but
                 he
                 soon
                 learnt
                 that
                 they
                 having
                 notice
                 of
                 his
                 March
                 ,
                 discontinued
                 theirs
                 to
                 Constantinople
                 ,
                 and
                 made
                 show
                 to
                 take
                 some
                 other
                 way
                 .
                 He
                 immediately
                 advertised
                 the
                 
                   Grand
                   Visier
                
                 ,
                 his
                 Father
                 of
                 it
                 ,
                 who
                 at
                 the
                 same
                 time
                 was
                 inforthat
                 the
                 Sophy
                 advanced
                 towards
                 Bagdet
                 with
                 thirty
                 thousand
                 Horse
                 ,
                 and
                 fifty
                 thousand
                 Foot.
                 
                   Mahomet
                   Coprogli
                
                 found
                 that
                 the
                 Enemies
                 design
                 was
                 to
                 stay
                 till
                 the
                 Sophy
                 was
                 come
                 into
                 the
                 
                   Grand
                   Signior's
                
                 Dominions
                 to
                 make
                 a
                 diversion
                 ,
                 which
                 might
                 facilitate
                 their
                 enterprize
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 this
                 consideration
                 made
                 them
                 decline
                 meeting
                 his
                 Son
                 Achmet
                 :
                 therefore
                 this
                 Minister
                 ,
                 judging
                 truly
                 of
                 events
                 ,
                 hastned
                 the
                 march
                 of
                 the
                 Army
                 ,
                 which
                 he
                 sent
                 against
                 the
                 Bassa
                 of
                 Aleppo
                 ,
                 reckoning
                 that
                 it
                 would
                 come
                 time
                 enough
                 after
                 his
                 defeat
                 to
                 the
                 relief
                 of
                 Bagdet
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 success
                 answered
                 his
                 expectation
                 .
                 Mustapha
                 and
                 his
                 
                 Son
                 Achmet
                 no
                 sooner
                 received
                 his
                 orders
                 ,
                 but
                 they
                 followed
                 the
                 enemy
                 with
                 such
                 expedition
                 ,
                 that
                 they
                 overtook
                 them
                 when
                 they
                 least
                 looked
                 for
                 them
                 ;
                 and
                 gave
                 them
                 no
                 time
                 at
                 all
                 to
                 look
                 about
                 them
                 ,
                 and
                 put
                 themselves
                 in
                 order
                 to
                 fight
                 .
                 Achmet
                 would
                 not
                 suffer
                 his
                 Troops
                 to
                 lose
                 any
                 of
                 their
                 zeal
                 by
                 resting
                 after
                 their
                 tiresome
                 march
                 .
                 He
                 represented
                 to
                 his
                 Captains
                 and
                 Souldiers
                 ,
                 that
                 they
                 ought
                 to
                 make
                 use
                 of
                 the
                 enemies
                 disorder
                 ,
                 and
                 without
                 any
                 longer
                 delay
                 he
                 charged
                 them
                 so
                 smartly
                 ,
                 that
                 he
                 not
                 only
                 remained
                 master
                 of
                 the
                 Field
                 ,
                 the
                 Artillery
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Baggage
                 ;
                 but
                 he
                 took
                 abundance
                 of
                 Prisoners
                 ,
                 and
                 so
                 routed
                 the
                 Army
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 Bassa
                 of
                 Aleppo
                 despairing
                 of
                 saving
                 himself
                 by
                 flight
                 ,
                 perswaded
                 
                   Soliman
                   Amurath
                
                 to
                 render
                 himself
                 to
                 the
                 Conqueror
                 ,
                 in
                 hopes
                 of
                 better
                 usage
                 than
                 if
                 they
                 should
                 be
                 taken
                 flying
                 .
              
               
                 At
                 first
                 he
                 rejected
                 this
                 proposition
                 ,
                 but
                 fearing
                 some
                 treachery
                 from
                 
                   Orchan
                   Ogli
                
                 ,
                 whom
                 he
                 began
                 to
                 mistrust
                 ,
                 and
                 seeing
                 his
                 Army
                 cut
                 in
                 pieces
                 ,
                 he
                 suffered
                 himself
                 to
                 be
                 carried
                 to
                 Achmet
                 ,
                 
                 who
                 presently
                 sent
                 him
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Bassa
                 of
                 Aleppo
                 ,
                 to
                 Constantinople
                 .
                 The
                 rest
                 of
                 the
                 rebellious
                 Troops
                 yielded
                 at
                 discretion
                 ,
                 and
                 he
                 pardoned
                 them
                 on
                 condition
                 they
                 would
                 serve
                 the
                 
                   Grand
                   Signior
                
                 faithfully
                 for
                 the
                 future
                 ,
                 and
                 having
                 joyned
                 them
                 to
                 his
                 own
                 Army
                 ,
                 he
                 marched
                 according
                 to
                 the
                 
                   Grand
                   Visiers
                
                 order
                 to
                 the
                 relief
                 of
                 Bagdet
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 news
                 of
                 
                   Achmet
                   Coprogli's
                
                 victory
                 was
                 as
                 satisfactory
                 to
                 his
                 father
                 Mahomet
                 ,
                 as
                 the
                 arrival
                 of
                 Soliman
                 ,
                 and
                 
                   Orcan
                   Ogli
                
                 was
                 welcome
                 to
                 the
                 Sultan
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Sultana
                 his
                 Mother
                 .
                 The
                 
                   Visier
                   Azem
                
                 was
                 infinitely
                 pleased
                 to
                 have
                 so
                 hopeful
                 a
                 Son
                 ;
                 and
                 nothing
                 diminished
                 the
                 
                   Grand
                   Signior's
                
                 Joy
                 ,
                 to
                 see
                 himself
                 delivered
                 from
                 a
                 competitor
                 who
                 had
                 shaken
                 all
                 his
                 Empire
                 ,
                 but
                 his
                 melancholy
                 for
                 not
                 having
                 vanquished
                 him
                 himself
                 :
                 But
                 as
                 if
                 Fortune
                 were
                 weary
                 of
                 persecuting
                 Coprogli
                 ,
                 and
                 intended
                 to
                 bless
                 him
                 by
                 an
                 happy
                 return
                 ,
                 she
                 furnished
                 him
                 with
                 fresh
                 subjects
                 of
                 rejoycing
                 ,
                 by
                 the
                 pleasing
                 news
                 of
                 the
                 Sophy's
                 retreat
                 .
                 This
                 Prince
                 being
                 informed
                 
                 that
                 
                   Achmet
                   Coprogli
                
                 was
                 coming
                 to
                 meet
                 him
                 with
                 a
                 victorious
                 Army
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 the
                 Mogul
                 or
                 Emperor
                 of
                 India
                 ,
                 at
                 the
                 
                   Grand
                   Signior's
                
                 desire
                 ,
                 was
                 ready
                 to
                 enter
                 into
                 his
                 Kingdom
                 ,
                 returned
                 the
                 way
                 he
                 came
                 ,
                 to
                 defend
                 himself
                 from
                 the
                 Mogol
                 ;
                 which
                 made
                 Achmet
                 bring
                 back
                 his
                 Army
                 ,
                 to
                 imploy
                 it
                 where
                 his
                 Father
                 thought
                 fit
                 :
                 but
                 he
                 would
                 not
                 return
                 to
                 Constantinople
                 ,
                 till
                 he
                 had
                 chastised
                 all
                 the
                 
                 Bassa's
                 ,
                 and
                 Governours
                 ,
                 who
                 favoured
                 the
                 Bassa
                 of
                 Aleppo's
                 Revolt
                 ,
                 and
                 
                   Soliman
                   Amurath's
                
                 enterprise
                 .
                 The
                 
                   Grand
                   Visier
                
                 caused
                 them
                 both
                 to
                 be
                 beheaded
                 ,
                 without
                 regard
                 to
                 their
                 Remonstrances
                 that
                 his
                 Son
                 had
                 promised
                 to
                 save
                 their
                 lives
                 ;
                 and
                 that
                 they
                 had
                 not
                 yielded
                 but
                 on
                 that
                 assurance
                 .
                 Policy
                 would
                 not
                 give
                 way
                 to
                 the
                 performance
                 of
                 this
                 promise
                 ;
                 and
                 
                   Soliin
                   in
                   Amurath
                
                 ,
                 seeing
                 he
                 had
                 no
                 hope
                 of
                 safety
                 ,
                 reproached
                 
                   Orcan
                   Ogli
                
                 with
                 his
                 baseness
                 ,
                 in
                 forcing
                 him
                 to
                 yield
                 ,
                 when
                 he
                 might
                 have
                 died
                 gloriously
                 with
                 his
                 arms
                 in
                 his
                 hand
                 ,
                 and
                 have
                 prevented
                 the
                 ignominy
                 of
                 dying
                 by
                 an
                 Executioner
                 .
              
               
               
                 The
                 death
                 of
                 this
                 Prince
                 is
                 no
                 less
                 worthy
                 of
                 compassion
                 ,
                 than
                 his
                 story
                 is
                 odd
                 ,
                 and
                 deserves
                 to
                 be
                 known
                 .
                 He
                 was
                 the
                 Son
                 of
                 
                   Sultan
                   Amurath
                
                 the
                 Fourth
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 Rachima
                 ,
                 of
                 whom
                 we
                 spake
                 in
                 his
                 reign
                 .
                 Though
                 this
                 Sultana
                 had
                 abundance
                 of
                 wit
                 ,
                 yet
                 she
                 was
                 very
                 superstitious
                 ;
                 so
                 that
                 she
                 believed
                 the
                 predictions
                 of
                 an
                 Almasairis
                 (
                 so
                 are
                 the
                 followers
                 of
                 Hali
                 called
                 ,
                 whom
                 the
                 Persians
                 and
                 Arabians
                 own
                 as
                 a
                 great
                 Prophet
                 ;
                 fancying
                 that
                 all
                 his
                 race
                 have
                 the
                 gift
                 of
                 Prophesie
                 .
                 )
                 Rachima
                 consulted
                 this
                 man
                 upon
                 all
                 occasions
                 ,
                 as
                 soon
                 as
                 she
                 found
                 her self
                 with
                 child
                 ,
                 she
                 would
                 needs
                 know
                 the
                 success
                 of
                 her
                 lying
                 in
                 .
                 The
                 Almasairis
                 after
                 some
                 consideration
                 ,
                 answered
                 ,
                 That
                 she
                 should
                 bring
                 forth
                 a
                 Prince
                 ,
                 who
                 would
                 be
                 one
                 day
                 Emperor
                 of
                 the
                 Turks
                 ,
                 if
                 he
                 could
                 avoid
                 the
                 cruelty
                 of
                 his
                 nearest
                 kindred
                 :
                 and
                 that
                 if
                 Heaven
                 did
                 free
                 him
                 from
                 a
                 misfortune
                 that
                 was
                 to
                 happen
                 to
                 him
                 in
                 the
                 capital
                 City
                 of
                 the
                 Empire
                 ,
                 which
                 he
                 was
                 to
                 avoid
                 dwelling
                 in
                 ,
                 he
                 would
                 surpass
                 the
                 greatness
                 of
                 all
                 the
                 Ottomans
                 his
                 Predecessors
                 .
                 
                 Rachima
                 received
                 this
                 answer
                 as
                 an
                 Oracle
                 ;
                 she
                 desired
                 Amurath
                 ,
                 who
                 prepared
                 to
                 return
                 to
                 Constantinople
                 ,
                 notwithstanding
                 a
                 Prediction
                 of
                 the
                 Almasairis
                 which
                 forbad
                 it
                 ,
                 to
                 leave
                 her
                 at
                 Damas.
                 
                 
                   Sir
                   ,
                   said
                   she
                   ,
                   lying
                   at
                   his
                   feet
                   ,
                   if
                   I
                   deserve
                   any
                   grace
                   of
                   your
                   Highness
                   ,
                   shew
                   that
                   your
                   faithful
                   Slave
                   is
                   not
                   displeasing
                   to
                   you
                   at
                   this
                   time
                   ,
                   by
                   granting
                   her
                   one
                   favour
                   .
                   You
                   know
                   ,
                   Sir
                   ,
                   that
                   I
                   never
                   importuned
                   you
                   ;
                   it
                   is
                   true
                   ,
                   your
                   magnificence
                   has
                   loaded
                   me
                   with
                   all
                   sorts
                   of
                   benefits
                   ;
                   but
                   the
                   favour
                   I
                   now
                   implore
                   will
                   be
                   more
                   welcome
                   to
                   me
                   than
                   any
                   I
                   have
                   already
                   received
                   ,
                   because
                   your
                   Highness
                   is
                   concerned
                   in
                   it
                   :
                   it
                   is
                   to
                   suffer
                   me
                   to
                   stay
                   here
                   till
                   you
                   return
                   :
                   I
                   know
                   no
                   greater
                   unhappiness
                   than
                   such
                   a
                   separation
                   ;
                   it
                   would
                   kill
                   me
                   with
                   sorrow
                   ,
                   Sir
                   ;
                   but
                   I
                   had
                   rather
                   lose
                   my
                   life
                   than
                   expose
                   you
                   to
                   the
                   misfortunes
                   that
                   threaten
                   you
                   ,
                   if
                   I
                   follow
                   you
                   to
                   the
                   Seraglio
                   ,
                   where
                   my
                   presence
                   would
                   cause
                   too
                   much
                   disorder
                   .
                
                 
                   Sultan
                   Amurath
                
                 was
                 at
                 first
                 more
                 surprized
                 at
                 
                 this
                 request
                 ,
                 which
                 he
                 expected
                 not
                 ,
                 than
                 unwilling
                 to
                 grant
                 it
                 ;
                 whether
                 he
                 apprehended
                 the
                 effect
                 of
                 the
                 Almasairis's
                 Prophesie
                 ,
                 or
                 that
                 his
                 passion
                 for
                 Rachima
                 was
                 abated
                 ,
                 or
                 that
                 he
                 would
                 not
                 expose
                 her
                 to
                 the
                 resentments
                 and
                 jealousie
                 of
                 the
                 
                   Sultana
                   Roxana
                
                 ,
                 whose
                 love
                 was
                 increased
                 more
                 than
                 ever
                 by
                 his
                 absence
                 .
                 He
                 bestowed
                 rich
                 Presents
                 on
                 Rachima
                 ,
                 commanding
                 the
                 Bassa
                 of
                 Damas
                 to
                 have
                 a
                 care
                 of
                 her
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 pay
                 her
                 a
                 very
                 considerable
                 Pension
                 .
                 He
                 assigned
                 her
                 besides
                 ,
                 the
                 Tribute
                 which
                 the
                 King
                 of
                 Arabia
                 paid
                 him
                 ,
                 and
                 took
                 leave
                 of
                 her
                 with
                 great
                 marks
                 of
                 affection
                 .
                 A
                 little
                 while
                 after
                 Amurath's
                 departure
                 ,
                 Rachima
                 was
                 brought
                 to
                 bed
                 of
                 a
                 Son
                 ,
                 whom
                 she
                 named
                 
                   Soliman
                   Amurath
                
                 .
                 She
                 observed
                 the
                 circumstances
                 of
                 the
                 Prediction
                 ,
                 and
                 brought
                 him
                 up
                 secretly
                 ,
                 lest
                 Roxana
                 being
                 informed
                 of
                 his
                 birth
                 ,
                 should
                 order
                 him
                 to
                 be
                 put
                 to
                 death
                 .
                 She
                 knew
                 that
                 this
                 great
                 Sultana
                 was
                 no
                 less
                 dangerous
                 than
                 powerful
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 only
                 her
                 distance
                 from
                 her
                 freed
                 her
                 from
                 her
                 cruelty
                 .
                 The
                 news
                 of
                 
                 her
                 death
                 was
                 the
                 more
                 welcome
                 to
                 her
                 ,
                 because
                 she
                 hoped
                 to
                 have
                 supplied
                 her
                 place
                 .
                 And
                 she
                 was
                 preparing
                 to
                 let
                 the
                 Sultan
                 know
                 the
                 birth
                 of
                 his
                 Son
                 ,
                 when
                 Amurath's
                 death
                 spoiled
                 her
                 design
                 :
                 and
                 she
                 thought
                 it
                 not
                 fit
                 to
                 discover
                 the
                 young
                 Prince
                 
                   Soliman
                   Amurath
                
                 ,
                 not
                 having
                 power
                 enough
                 to
                 place
                 him
                 on
                 the
                 Throne
                 :
                 On
                 the
                 contrary
                 ,
                 she
                 was
                 careful
                 to
                 keep
                 him
                 from
                 being
                 known
                 to
                 Ibrahim
                 ,
                 who
                 succeeded
                 Amurath
                 ,
                 lest
                 he
                 who
                 came
                 not
                 to
                 the
                 Empire
                 ,
                 but
                 for
                 want
                 of
                 an
                 heir
                 ,
                 and
                 was
                 thought
                 incapable
                 of
                 leaving
                 any
                 ,
                 should
                 follow
                 the
                 cruel
                 policy
                 of
                 his
                 Ancestors
                 by
                 sacrificing
                 Prince
                 Soliman
                 ,
                 who
                 alone
                 would
                 dispute
                 the
                 Crown
                 with
                 him
                 .
                 Rachima
                 therefore
                 stood
                 upon
                 her
                 guard
                 ,
                 and
                 contented
                 her self
                 with
                 the
                 Revenue
                 that
                 
                   Sultan
                   Amurath
                
                 left
                 her
                 .
                 But
                 
                   Sinan
                   Bassa
                
                 ,
                 Governour
                 of
                 Damas
                 ,
                 who
                 always
                 had
                 honoured
                 her
                 in
                 the
                 life
                 of
                 the
                 deceased
                 
                   Grand
                   Signior
                
                 ,
                 and
                 paid
                 her
                 Pension
                 exactly
                 ,
                 discontinued
                 his
                 respect
                 to
                 her
                 in
                 the
                 new
                 Emperors
                 time
                 ,
                 and
                 threatned
                 to
                 send
                 her
                 to
                 the
                 old
                 Seraglio
                 at
                 Constantinople
                 .
                 
                 The
                 Sultana
                 mistrusting
                 the
                 Bassa
                 ,
                 resolved
                 to
                 retire
                 into
                 Persia
                 ,
                 where
                 she
                 was
                 born
                 ,
                 or
                 to
                 some
                 Prince
                 ,
                 whose
                 Authority
                 might
                 protect
                 her
                 ,
                 and
                 her
                 Son
                 ,
                 from
                 her
                 enemies
                 .
                 To
                 colour
                 her
                 retreat
                 ,
                 she
                 gave
                 out
                 that
                 she
                 had
                 made
                 a
                 Vow
                 to
                 visit
                 the
                 Tomb
                 of
                 the
                 great
                 Prophet
                 Mahomet
                 ,
                 and
                 having
                 begun
                 her
                 journey
                 under
                 this
                 pretence
                 ,
                 she
                 went
                 to
                 Reba
                 King
                 of
                 the
                 Arabians
                 ,
                 the
                 same
                 who
                 was
                 to
                 pay
                 his
                 tribute
                 to
                 her
                 .
                 This
                 Prince
                 not
                 being
                 so
                 barbarous
                 ,
                 as
                 usually
                 those
                 of
                 his
                 Nation
                 are
                 ,
                 received
                 Rachima
                 with
                 a
                 great
                 deal
                 of
                 kindness
                 .
                 This
                 young
                 Sultana
                 ,
                 who
                 was
                 not
                 above
                 two
                 and
                 twenty
                 years
                 old
                 ,
                 appeared
                 so
                 handsome
                 to
                 him
                 ,
                 that
                 he
                 not
                 only
                 promised
                 her
                 his
                 protection
                 ,
                 but
                 also
                 offered
                 her
                 his
                 Crown
                 ,
                 and
                 his
                 Heart
                 .
                 Rachima
                 was
                 no
                 less
                 pleased
                 with
                 King
                 Rabas
                 person
                 ,
                 than
                 his
                 generosity
                 :
                 He
                 had
                 so
                 many
                 good
                 qualities
                 ,
                 that
                 he
                 easily
                 made
                 himself
                 be
                 beloved
                 .
                 The
                 Sultana
                 sought
                 a
                 Protector
                 ,
                 and
                 thought
                 it
                 not
                 fit
                 to
                 neglect
                 the
                 Arabian
                 King.
                 They
                 found
                 they
                 had
                 inclination
                 enough
                 to
                 
                 one
                 another
                 ;
                 she
                 received
                 so
                 many
                 marks
                 of
                 sincere
                 good
                 will
                 from
                 him
                 ,
                 that
                 she
                 made
                 no
                 great
                 difficulty
                 to
                 bestow
                 her
                 heart
                 on
                 him
                 .
                 He
                 took
                 a
                 particular
                 care
                 of
                 the
                 young
                 Prince
                 
                   Soliman
                   Amurath
                
                 ,
                 being
                 glad
                 of
                 having
                 such
                 a
                 Subject
                 as
                 might
                 revenge
                 the
                 persecution
                 he
                 had
                 suffered
                 from
                 the
                 Port
                 in
                 the
                 Reign
                 of
                 Amurath
                 ,
                 who
                 reduced
                 him
                 to
                 pay
                 Tribute
                 ;
                 from
                 which
                 he
                 would
                 have
                 freed
                 himself
                 by
                 joyning
                 with
                 
                   Emir
                   Ficardin
                
                 Prince
                 of
                 Dus
                 his
                 Kinsman
                 ,
                 whom
                 
                   Bassa
                   Giaphar
                
                 overcame
                 ,
                 and
                 sent
                 to
                 Constantinople
                 ,
                 where
                 he
                 was
                 ignominiously
                 put
                 to
                 death
                 .
                 King
                 Reba
                 preserved
                 his
                 resentment
                 ,
                 only
                 waiting
                 an
                 occasion
                 to
                 shew
                 it
                 ,
                 and
                 impatiently
                 suffered
                 the
                 obedience
                 and
                 homage
                 which
                 he
                 was
                 bound
                 to
                 render
                 to
                 the
                 
                   Grand
                   Signior
                
                 .
                 To
                 shake
                 off
                 this
                 yoke
                 ,
                 he
                 armed
                 Prince
                 Soliman
                 ,
                 whhm
                 he
                 educated
                 as
                 his
                 own
                 Son
                 ,
                 and
                 negotiated
                 secretly
                 with
                 the
                 Bassa
                 of
                 Aleppo
                 ,
                 and
                 some
                 other
                 Governors
                 of
                 Provinces
                 in
                 Asia
                 ,
                 who
                 revolted
                 from
                 
                   Sultan
                   Mahomet
                
                 when
                 his
                 Empire
                 was
                 invaded
                 on
                 all
                 sides
                 ,
                 with
                 intention
                 
                 to
                 drive
                 him
                 from
                 the
                 Throne
                 ,
                 and
                 place
                 Prince
                 
                   Soliman
                   Amurath
                
                 on
                 it
                 in
                 his
                 stead
                 .
                 We
                 have
                 seen
                 how
                 their
                 enterprize
                 succeeded
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 King
                 of
                 Arabia
                 was
                 slain
                 with
                 his
                 arms
                 in
                 his
                 hand
                 ,
                 performing
                 the
                 part
                 of
                 a
                 brave
                 Souldier
                 ,
                 and
                 a
                 great
                 Captain
                 ,
                 in
                 the
                 Battle
                 that
                 Soliman
                 lost
                 .
              
               
                 Rachima
                 ,
                 who
                 followed
                 him
                 in
                 this
                 War
                 ,
                 died
                 a
                 little
                 while
                 after
                 of
                 grief
                 ,
                 that
                 she
                 had
                 destroyed
                 her
                 Son
                 ,
                 by
                 endeavouring
                 to
                 bring
                 him
                 to
                 the
                 Throne
                 ,
                 according
                 to
                 the
                 Prediction
                 of
                 the
                 Almasairis
                 .
                 This
                 Prince
                 had
                 something
                 extraordinary
                 in
                 his
                 air
                 ,
                 and
                 Person
                 .
                 The
                 Turks
                 affirmed
                 that
                 he
                 perfectly
                 resembled
                 
                   Sultan
                   Amurath
                
                 his
                 Father
                 ,
                 who
                 was
                 the
                 handsomest
                 man
                 in
                 his
                 Empire
                 .
              
               
                 After
                 the
                 death
                 of
                 
                   Soliman
                   Amurath
                   ,
                   Orcan
                   Ogli
                
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Bassa's
                 ,
                 and
                 Governours
                 who
                 followed
                 his
                 Fortune
                 ,
                 the
                 retreat
                 of
                 the
                 
                   Persian
                   Sophy
                
                 left
                 Asia
                 in
                 a
                 peaceable
                 condition
                 ;
                 which
                 made
                 the
                 
                   Grand
                   Visier
                
                 apply
                 himself
                 to
                 oppose
                 the
                 other
                 Wars
                 that
                 menaced
                 the
                 Ottoman
                 Empire
                 .
                 He
                 ordered
                 
                 all
                 his
                 Troops
                 to
                 be
                 in
                 the
                 Field
                 by
                 March
                 ,
                 in
                 the
                 mean
                 time
                 he
                 continued
                 his
                 negotiations
                 with
                 the
                 Great
                 Duke
                 of
                 Moscovy
                 ,
                 to
                 divert
                 him
                 from
                 invading
                 the
                 
                   Grand
                   Signior
                
                 ,
                 in
                 favour
                 of
                 the
                 Venetians
                 .
                 He
                 expected
                 the
                 arrival
                 of
                 his
                 Deputies
                 at
                 the
                 Port
                 ,
                 who
                 were
                 to
                 explain
                 the
                 Dukes
                 intentions
                 ;
                 and
                 not
                 finding
                 it
                 so
                 easie
                 to
                 appease
                 the
                 Emperor
                 of
                 the
                 Tartars
                 ,
                 whom
                 he
                 dreaded
                 more
                 than
                 all
                 the
                 rest
                 of
                 the
                 Sultans
                 enemies
                 ,
                 he
                 secretly
                 engaged
                 the
                 Cham
                 of
                 the
                 petty
                 Tartars
                 to
                 joyn
                 himself
                 with
                 the
                 chief
                 of
                 the
                 
                   Great
                   Chams
                
                 Subjects
                 ,
                 who
                 were
                 revolted
                 :
                 so
                 that
                 when
                 this
                 Prince
                 prepared
                 vast
                 Forces
                 to
                 invade
                 the
                 
                   Grand
                   Signiors
                
                 Provinces
                 ,
                 he
                 was
                 obliged
                 to
                 make
                 use
                 of
                 his
                 preparations
                 to
                 defend
                 his
                 own
                 Estate
                 ;
                 and
                 was
                 glad
                 to
                 send
                 an
                 Embassador
                 to
                 the
                 Sultan
                 ,
                 to
                 make
                 him
                 reparation
                 ,
                 and
                 offer
                 him
                 all
                 his
                 Forces
                 ,
                 when
                 he
                 had
                 appeased
                 the
                 Troubles
                 which
                 the
                 petty
                 Cham
                 ,
                 and
                 his
                 own
                 Grandees
                 had
                 raised
                 .
                 This
                 Embassy
                 secured
                 the
                 
                   Grand
                   Visier
                
                 ,
                 and
                 freed
                 him
                 from
                 a
                 very
                 dangerous
                 enemy
                 .
                 However
                 he
                 left
                 not
                 
                 off
                 his
                 warlike
                 preparations
                 ,
                 both
                 by
                 Sea
                 and
                 Land
                 ,
                 and
                 continually
                 endeavoured
                 to
                 render
                 his
                 Master
                 the
                 most
                 formidable
                 ,
                 and
                 powerful
                 Prince
                 in
                 the
                 world
                 .
              
               
                 While
                 he
                 waited
                 for
                 a
                 proper
                 season
                 to
                 make
                 some
                 expedition
                 ,
                 he
                 dispatched
                 a
                 Chiaux
                 to
                 the
                 Emperor
                 ,
                 to
                 demand
                 passage
                 through
                 his
                 Dominions
                 for
                 the
                 Sultan's
                 Army
                 into
                 Friuli
                 .
                 The
                 Chiaux
                 was
                 sent
                 back
                 with
                 a
                 refusal
                 dishonourable
                 to
                 the
                 
                   Grand
                   Signior
                
                 ;
                 but
                 the
                 
                   Visier
                   Azem
                
                 thought
                 it
                 not
                 time
                 to
                 shew
                 his
                 resentment
                 ,
                 or
                 to
                 send
                 any
                 Troops
                 into
                 Dalmatia
                 ,
                 till
                 the
                 Sophy
                 were
                 quite
                 determined
                 either
                 to
                 Peace
                 or
                 War.
                 He
                 feared
                 lest
                 he
                 should
                 agree
                 with
                 the
                 Mogol
                 ,
                 seeing
                 the
                 Ottoman
                 Arms
                 imployed
                 in
                 another
                 place
                 ,
                 and
                 defer
                 the
                 sending
                 his
                 Embassadors
                 to
                 Constantinople
                 to
                 renew
                 the
                 Peace
                 which
                 he
                 had
                 broken
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Venetians
                 in
                 the
                 mean
                 time
                 being
                 informed
                 that
                 the
                 Troubles
                 of
                 the
                 Port
                 were
                 accommodated
                 ;
                 and
                 that
                 Embassadors
                 were
                 arrived
                 there
                 from
                 those
                 Princes
                 of
                 Asia
                 ,
                 who
                 had
                 given
                 them
                 hopes
                 of
                 diverting
                 the
                 Ottoman
                 
                 Forces
                 ,
                 were
                 afraid
                 of
                 having
                 them
                 all
                 turned
                 upon
                 them
                 in
                 a
                 short
                 time
                 ;
                 and
                 though
                 they
                 had
                 obtained
                 great
                 advantages
                 over
                 
                   Sultan
                   Mahomet's
                
                 Fleet
                 ,
                 they
                 resolved
                 to
                 send
                 ,
                 and
                 implore
                 peace
                 of
                 him
                 .
                 But
                 this
                 Prince
                 being
                 swayed
                 by
                 his
                 first
                 Minister
                 ,
                 received
                 their
                 Agents
                 very
                 coldly
                 ,
                 and
                 told
                 them
                 that
                 the
                 Signiory
                 of
                 Venice
                 had
                 no
                 other
                 way
                 to
                 end
                 the
                 War
                 ,
                 but
                 to
                 yield
                 the
                 Kingdom
                 of
                 Candia
                 to
                 him
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Town
                 of
                 Clissa
                 ,
                 the
                 most
                 considerable
                 place
                 in
                 Dalmatia
                 ;
                 and
                 to
                 pay
                 him
                 three
                 Millions
                 of
                 Gold
                 for
                 the
                 charges
                 he
                 had
                 been
                 at
                 since
                 the
                 beginning
                 of
                 the
                 War.
                 
              
               
                 These
                 conditions
                 were
                 too
                 hard
                 to
                 be
                 accepted
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 War
                 it self
                 could
                 not
                 be
                 more
                 disadvantagious
                 to
                 the
                 Venetians
                 ;
                 and
                 it
                 was
                 the
                 
                   Visier
                   Azem's
                
                 design
                 to
                 continue
                 it
                 :
                 he
                 had
                 private
                 reasons
                 not
                 to
                 make
                 Peace
                 with
                 the
                 enemies
                 of
                 the
                 Empire
                 .
                 He
                 knew
                 by
                 experience
                 that
                 after
                 such
                 considerable
                 preparations
                 ,
                 it
                 was
                 dangerous
                 to
                 dismiss
                 the
                 Souldiers
                 without
                 abating
                 their
                 heat
                 ,
                 and
                 impetuosity
                 ,
                 by
                 the
                 toils
                 of
                 War.
                 He
                 had
                 
                 a
                 mind
                 to
                 imploy
                 the
                 Janizaries
                 ,
                 to
                 avoid
                 the
                 Seditions
                 they
                 commonly
                 raise
                 in
                 Peace
                 :
                 So
                 that
                 the
                 Venetians
                 seeing
                 themselves
                 rejected
                 ,
                 implored
                 the
                 assistance
                 of
                 all
                 the
                 Princes
                 of
                 Christendom
                 .
                 The
                 
                   Grand
                   Visier
                
                 who
                 foresaw
                 they
                 would
                 have
                 this
                 refuge
                 ,
                 prepared
                 to
                 resist
                 all
                 their
                 attempts
                 ,
                 and
                 obstinately
                 pursued
                 the
                 getting
                 of
                 Candia
                 ,
                 accounting
                 it
                 the
                 most
                 glorious
                 and
                 beneficial
                 conquest
                 the
                 Emperor
                 could
                 ever
                 make
                 .
                 He
                 sent
                 great
                 refreshments
                 to
                 the
                 Troops
                 that
                 were
                 there
                 ,
                 and
                 all
                 provisions
                 necessary
                 to
                 continue
                 the
                 Siege
                 of
                 the
                 chief
                 City
                 of
                 the
                 Island
                 .
                 Now
                 the
                 Sultan
                 was
                 more
                 desirous
                 than
                 ever
                 of
                 commanding
                 his
                 own
                 Army
                 ,
                 threatning
                 if
                 they
                 continued
                 to
                 with-hold
                 him
                 ,
                 that
                 he
                 would
                 steal
                 away
                 privately
                 to
                 go
                 to
                 the
                 Camp
                 ,
                 and
                 discover
                 himself
                 to
                 his
                 Souldiers
                 .
                 
                   Mahomet
                   Coprogli
                
                 imployed
                 all
                 his
                 art
                 to
                 moderate
                 his
                 ardor
                 ,
                 without
                 incurring
                 his
                 hatred
                 ;
                 making
                 use
                 of
                 all
                 his
                 prudence
                 on
                 so
                 nice
                 an
                 occasion
                 .
                 The
                 
                   Grand
                   Signior
                
                 honoured
                 him
                 as
                 his
                 Father
                 ,
                 and
                 had
                 intire
                 confidence
                 in
                 his
                 conduct
                 ;
                 but
                 
                 he
                 listned
                 to
                 the
                 flatteries
                 and
                 partial
                 perswasions
                 of
                 a
                 great
                 many
                 young
                 men
                 ,
                 and
                 Bassa's
                 ,
                 who
                 would
                 have
                 drawn
                 him
                 out
                 of
                 the
                 Seraglio
                 ,
                 that
                 they
                 might
                 with
                 more
                 ease
                 insinuate
                 into
                 his
                 favour
                 ,
                 and
                 diminish
                 the
                 authority
                 of
                 the
                 
                   Grand
                   Visier
                
                 .
                 This
                 Minister
                 foreseeing
                 the
                 consequences
                 ,
                 desired
                 the
                 
                   Sultana
                   Valide
                
                 to
                 joyn
                 her
                 endeavours
                 with
                 his
                 ,
                 to
                 convince
                 the
                 Emperor
                 ,
                 that
                 he
                 ought
                 by
                 no
                 means
                 to
                 expose
                 himself
                 to
                 those
                 disgraces
                 that
                 might
                 be
                 followed
                 by
                 the
                 loss
                 of
                 his
                 Estate
                 ,
                 and
                 life
                 too
                 .
                 The
                 Sultan
                 would
                 not
                 disoblige
                 the
                 Sultana
                 his
                 Mother
                 ,
                 or
                 the
                 
                   Visier
                   Azem
                
                 ;
                 he
                 permitted
                 him
                 to
                 send
                 an
                 Army
                 into
                 Dalmatia
                 ,
                 under
                 the
                 conduct
                 of
                 
                   Mahomet
                   Coprogli
                
                 ,
                 who
                 had
                 order
                 to
                 besiege
                 Clissa
                 ,
                 and
                 Zara
                 ;
                 but
                 his
                 Valor
                 was
                 not
                 seconded
                 by
                 his
                 Souldiers
                 ,
                 and
                 with
                 all
                 his
                 attempts
                 ,
                 he
                 could
                 not
                 carry
                 these
                 two
                 places
                 .
                 This
                 young
                 Captain
                 shewed
                 a
                 fierceness
                 that
                 astonished
                 the
                 most
                 resolute
                 ;
                 he
                 desired
                 nothing
                 but
                 a
                 Battle
                 to
                 end
                 that
                 War.
                 Those
                 who
                 wondered
                 at
                 this
                 vehemence
                 ,
                 knew
                 not
                 that
                 the
                 desire
                 of
                 
                 glory
                 was
                 not
                 the
                 only
                 passion
                 that
                 animated
                 his
                 courage
                 :
                 but
                 it
                 is
                 not
                 yet
                 time
                 to
                 discover
                 the
                 cause
                 ,
                 and
                 interrupt
                 the
                 relation
                 of
                 
                   Mahomet
                   Coprogli's
                
                 Ministry
                 ,
                 to
                 treat
                 of
                 his
                 Sons
                 loves
                 ,
                 which
                 we
                 will
                 speak
                 of
                 at
                 length
                 in
                 the
                 sequel
                 of
                 this
                 History
                 .
              
               
                 While
                 brave
                 Achmet
                 pressed
                 the
                 Siege
                 of
                 the
                 Capital
                 City
                 of
                 Dalmatia
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Army
                 in
                 Candia
                 endeavoured
                 to
                 conquer
                 that
                 Island
                 in
                 spight
                 of
                 all
                 the
                 Venetians
                 resistance
                 ;
                 the
                 
                   Grand
                   Visier
                
                 who
                 applied
                 himself
                 to
                 the
                 particular
                 Affairs
                 of
                 the
                 Empire
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 provide
                 for
                 the
                 subsistance
                 of
                 the
                 Armies
                 ,
                 found
                 himself
                 at
                 the
                 same
                 time
                 obliged
                 to
                 extinguish
                 a
                 Civil
                 War
                 ,
                 which
                 began
                 to
                 break
                 out
                 by
                 the
                 factiousness
                 of
                 some
                 discontented
                 persons
                 .
                 The
                 frequency
                 of
                 these
                 kind
                 of
                 disgraces
                 had
                 so
                 confirmed
                 Mahomet's
                 soul
                 ,
                 and
                 courage
                 ,
                 that
                 nothing
                 surprised
                 him
                 :
                 nevertheless
                 he
                 stopt
                 not
                 this
                 flame
                 without
                 difficulty
                 ,
                 and
                 bloodshed
                 .
                 It
                 cost
                 young
                 Morat
                 ,
                 the
                 Author
                 of
                 the
                 Revolt
                 ,
                 his
                 life
                 ,
                 who
                 was
                 the
                 Son
                 of
                 Vssain
                 ,
                 Captain
                 General
                 of
                 the
                 Sea
                 ,
                 whom
                 the
                 
                   Grand
                   
                   Visier
                
                 caused
                 to
                 be
                 beheaded
                 for
                 favouring
                 
                   Soliman
                   Amurath
                
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Bey
                 of
                 Togor
                 suffered
                 the
                 same
                 punishment
                 ,
                 for
                 having
                 committed
                 some
                 fault
                 contrary
                 to
                 his
                 duty
                 .
              
               
                 These
                 troubles
                 were
                 no
                 sooner
                 quieted
                 ,
                 but
                 the
                 death
                 of
                 Ragotski
                 Prince
                 of
                 Transylvania
                 ,
                 gave
                 the
                 
                   Visier
                   Azem
                
                 an
                 opportunity
                 of
                 extending
                 the
                 
                   Grand
                   Signiors
                
                 Dominions
                 .
                 This
                 Province
                 had
                 been
                 the
                 seat
                 of
                 a
                 long
                 War
                 ,
                 which
                 was
                 ended
                 by
                 the
                 submission
                 of
                 the
                 deceased
                 Prince
                 ,
                 who
                 paid
                 great
                 sums
                 to
                 the
                 Port.
                 The
                 
                   Grand
                   Visier
                
                 pretended
                 this
                 was
                 a
                 Tribute
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 this
                 Province
                 holding
                 of
                 the
                 Turkish
                 Empire
                 ,
                 the
                 right
                 of
                 nominating
                 a
                 Prince
                 belonged
                 to
                 the
                 Sultan
                 .
                 The
                 States
                 of
                 Transylvania
                 not
                 giving
                 way
                 to
                 this
                 pretence
                 ,
                 were
                 assembled
                 after
                 Ragotski's
                 death
                 ,
                 to
                 elect
                 another
                 Prince
                 .
                 
                   Chimin
                   Ianos
                
                 ,
                 and
                 
                   Count
                   Barelay
                
                 ,
                 were
                 Competitors
                 at
                 this
                 Election
                 .
                 The
                 first
                 ,
                 who
                 was
                 the
                 most
                 considerable
                 ,
                 put
                 himself
                 into
                 the
                 Emperors
                 protection
                 ;
                 promising
                 never
                 to
                 have
                 any
                 thing
                 to
                 do
                 with
                 the
                 
                   Grand
                   Signior
                
                 .
                 
                 The
                 other
                 on
                 the
                 contrary
                 ,
                 relied
                 on
                 the
                 Sultan
                 ,
                 and
                 promised
                 to
                 own
                 him
                 for
                 his
                 Sovereign
                 .
                 These
                 two
                 pretenders
                 divided
                 the
                 Estate
                 by
                 their
                 Factions
                 .
                 
                   Count
                   Barelays
                
                 submission
                 was
                 accepted
                 of
                 at
                 the
                 Port
                 ,
                 and
                 in
                 his
                 behalf
                 the
                 
                   Grand
                   Signior
                
                 ordered
                 
                   Ali
                   Bassa
                
                 to
                 enter
                 Transylvania
                 with
                 fifty
                 thousand
                 men
                 ,
                 who
                 presently
                 took
                 a
                 strong
                 place
                 called
                 Waradin
                 ,
                 which
                 refused
                 to
                 acknowledge
                 
                   Count
                   Barelay
                
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Emperor
                 on
                 the
                 other
                 ●ide
                 sent
                 an
                 Army
                 to
                 defend
                 
                   Chimin
                   Ianos
                
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 keep
                 the
                 Turks
                 from
                 breaking
                 into
                 his
                 Territories
                 .
                 
                   Ali
                   Bassa
                
                 was
                 no
                 sooner
                 informed
                 of
                 this
                 ,
                 but
                 he
                 sent
                 to
                 
                   Count
                   Souches
                
                 the
                 General
                 of
                 the
                 Imperial
                 Troops
                 ,
                 to
                 pay
                 the
                 Sultan
                 Homage
                 for
                 the
                 places
                 which
                 the
                 Emperor
                 possessed
                 on
                 the
                 Frontiers
                 of
                 Hungary
                 ;
                 and
                 in
                 case
                 of
                 refusal
                 ,
                 denounced
                 War
                 ,
                 and
                 threatned
                 his
                 Highnesses
                 own
                 coming
                 with
                 an
                 Army
                 of
                 an
                 hundred
                 thousand
                 men
                 .
                 The
                 Emperor
                 having
                 received
                 this
                 news
                 ,
                 put
                 twelve
                 thousand
                 men
                 under
                 the
                 conduct
                 of
                 
                   Count
                   Montecuculi
                
                 ,
                 to
                 guard
                 the
                 Frontiers
                 ,
                 and
                 sent
                 to
                 demand
                 aid
                 of
                 
                 all
                 the
                 Princes
                 of
                 the
                 Empire
                 ,
                 fearing
                 the
                 
                   Grand
                   Signior
                
                 would
                 break
                 the
                 Peace
                 .
                 But
                 the
                 arrival
                 of
                 a
                 Chiaux
                 whom
                 the
                 Sultan
                 dispatched
                 to
                 him
                 by
                 the
                 advice
                 of
                 the
                 
                   Visier
                   Azem
                
                 ,
                 who
                 was
                 not
                 yet
                 fully
                 prepared
                 to
                 make
                 War
                 on
                 the
                 Emperor
                 ,
                 secured
                 him
                 a
                 little
                 .
                 The
                 Sultan
                 sent
                 him
                 word
                 that
                 he
                 desired
                 to
                 maintain
                 the
                 Peace
                 with
                 him
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 he
                 disapproved
                 the
                 proceedings
                 of
                 
                   Ali
                   Bassa
                
                 ,
                 whom
                 he
                 had
                 only
                 ordered
                 to
                 support
                 the
                 Prince
                 of
                 Transylvania
                 ,
                 who
                 put
                 himself
                 under
                 his
                 protection
                 .
                 But
                 the
                 Emperor
                 finding
                 that
                 without
                 any
                 regard
                 to
                 the
                 assurances
                 of
                 this
                 Envoy
                 ,
                 the
                 General
                 of
                 the
                 Turkish
                 Army
                 continued
                 his
                 Conquest
                 in
                 Transylvania
                 ,
                 he
                 stood
                 on
                 his
                 guard
                 ,
                 and
                 recalling
                 
                   Count
                   Souches
                
                 to
                 face
                 the
                 Enemy
                 ,
                 and
                 enter
                 into
                 the
                 Ottoman
                 Dominions
                 ,
                 he
                 sent
                 
                   Count
                   Serini
                
                 to
                 command
                 his
                 Troops
                 :
                 So
                 that
                 these
                 two
                 parties
                 provok'd
                 one
                 another
                 by
                 little
                 and
                 little
                 ,
                 without
                 coming
                 to
                 an
                 open
                 War.
                 The
                 
                   Grand
                   Visier
                
                 was
                 unwilling
                 to
                 declare
                 ,
                 yet
                 he
                 would
                 not
                 lose
                 the
                 opportunity
                 of
                 wholly
                 reducing
                 Transylvania
                 ,
                 or
                 at●
                 
                 least
                 of
                 making
                 its
                 Prince
                 hold
                 directly
                 of
                 the
                 
                   Grand
                   Signior
                
                 .
                 To
                 this
                 purpose
                 he
                 solicited
                 
                   Chimin
                   Ianos
                
                 (
                 whom
                 the
                 Estates
                 owned
                 as
                 their
                 lawful
                 Prince
                 ,
                 and
                 who
                 in
                 spight
                 of
                 the
                 Ottoman
                 Army
                 had
                 possessed
                 himself
                 of
                 the
                 best
                 places
                 )
                 to
                 submit
                 himself
                 to
                 the
                 Port
                 ,
                 giving
                 him
                 hopes
                 of
                 a
                 favourable
                 protection
                 :
                 but
                 the
                 Prince
                 rejected
                 his
                 propositions
                 ,
                 which
                 so
                 provoked
                 him
                 ,
                 who
                 had
                 set
                 his
                 heart
                 upon
                 joyning
                 this
                 Province
                 to
                 the
                 Sultans
                 Dominions
                 ,
                 that
                 he
                 could
                 no
                 longer
                 contain
                 his
                 displeasure
                 against
                 the
                 Emperor
                 ;
                 resolving
                 to
                 have
                 satisfaction
                 from
                 him
                 ,
                 for
                 hindering
                 his
                 projects
                 :
                 and
                 to
                 revenge
                 himself
                 more
                 speedily
                 ,
                 and
                 obtain
                 that
                 by
                 force
                 which
                 he
                 could
                 not
                 get
                 fairly
                 ,
                 he
                 put
                 the
                 Cham
                 of
                 the
                 Tartars
                 in
                 mind
                 of
                 his
                 promises
                 to
                 the
                 
                   Grand
                   Signior
                
                 ,
                 and
                 received
                 thirty
                 thousand
                 men
                 from
                 him
                 with
                 which
                 he
                 augmented
                 
                   Ali
                   Bassa's
                
                 Army
                 .
                 This
                 General
                 being
                 thus
                 re-inforced
                 ,
                 divided
                 his
                 Troops
                 ,
                 to
                 make
                 several
                 attaques
                 at
                 once
                 ,
                 at
                 the
                 same
                 time
                 besieging
                 
                   Zeiklit
                   ,
                   Callo
                
                 ,
                 and
                 Zatmar
                 ,
                 three
                 places
                 that
                 belonged
                 
                 to
                 the
                 Emperor
                 :
                 but
                 he
                 found
                 so
                 much
                 resistance
                 ,
                 that
                 with
                 all
                 his
                 attempts
                 he
                 could
                 take
                 none
                 of
                 them
                 but
                 Callo
                 ,
                 and
                 was
                 forced
                 to
                 raise
                 the
                 other
                 Sieges
                 ,
                 and
                 retire
                 ,
                 to
                 avoid
                 fighting
                 with
                 the
                 Imperial
                 General
                 ,
                 who
                 offered
                 him
                 Battel
                 .
              
               
                 This
                 War
                 hindred
                 not
                 the
                 
                   Grand
                   Visier
                
                 from
                 pressing
                 that
                 of
                 Candia
                 ,
                 and
                 sending
                 continual
                 refreshments
                 to
                 the
                 Army
                 ,
                 which
                 held
                 Canea
                 against
                 the
                 Venetians
                 ;
                 and
                 after
                 he
                 had
                 put
                 all
                 the
                 Affairs
                 of
                 the
                 Ottoman
                 Empire
                 to
                 a
                 good
                 posture
                 ,
                 he
                 designed
                 to
                 go
                 in
                 person
                 to
                 carry
                 on
                 the
                 Transylvanian
                 War
                 ,
                 not
                 being
                 satisfied
                 with
                 the
                 General
                 Ali.
                 He
                 mistrusted
                 the
                 great
                 power
                 which
                 this
                 Bassa
                 had
                 gained
                 among
                 the
                 Souldiers
                 ,
                 and
                 feared
                 he
                 would
                 be
                 very
                 troublesome
                 to
                 him
                 ,
                 on
                 the
                 least
                 discontent
                 ;
                 he
                 could
                 not
                 take
                 away
                 his
                 command
                 ,
                 or
                 revoke
                 him
                 ,
                 without
                 a
                 specious
                 pretence
                 ,
                 for
                 fear
                 of
                 reducing
                 him
                 to
                 make
                 use
                 of
                 his
                 present
                 reputation
                 to
                 maintain
                 himself
                 in
                 his
                 charge
                 .
                 This
                 consideration
                 made
                 him
                 resolve
                 to
                 command
                 the
                 Army
                 himself
                 ,
                 finding
                 no
                 better
                 expedient
                 ,
                 
                 to
                 take
                 away
                 all
                 suspicion
                 from
                 
                   Ali
                   Bassa
                
                 ,
                 who
                 would
                 be
                 obliged
                 to
                 give
                 place
                 to
                 him
                 without
                 complaining
                 ,
                 because
                 the
                 Souldiers
                 always
                 look
                 upon
                 the
                 
                   Grand
                   Visier
                
                 ,
                 when
                 he
                 is
                 in
                 the
                 Camp
                 ,
                 as
                 their
                 only
                 General
                 .
                 He
                 had
                 a
                 mind
                 besides
                 to
                 establish
                 his
                 Son
                 among
                 the
                 Souldiers
                 ,
                 who
                 already
                 knew
                 how
                 to
                 gain
                 their
                 kindness
                 :
                 and
                 he
                 flattered
                 himself
                 with
                 the
                 hopes
                 that
                 he
                 should
                 one
                 day
                 be
                 able
                 to
                 repose
                 part
                 of
                 his
                 cares
                 on
                 him
                 .
                 He
                 knew
                 his
                 valour
                 ,
                 and
                 conduct
                 ,
                 and
                 believed
                 him
                 capable
                 of
                 filling
                 up
                 that
                 place
                 in
                 the
                 Army
                 which
                 was
                 not
                 fit
                 for
                 himself
                 ,
                 and
                 which
                 he
                 could
                 not
                 securely
                 trust
                 another
                 with
                 :
                 but
                 death
                 prevented
                 this
                 great
                 mans
                 design
                 .
                 He
                 was
                 no
                 sooner
                 gone
                 from
                 Constantinople
                 with
                 the
                 
                   Grand
                   Signior
                
                 ,
                 who
                 removed
                 from
                 thence
                 because
                 of
                 the
                 Plague
                 ,
                 but
                 he
                 found
                 himself
                 attaqued
                 by
                 a
                 violent
                 Feaver
                 ,
                 which
                 forced
                 him
                 to
                 stay
                 at
                 Adrianople
                 ,
                 whither
                 he
                 sent
                 for
                 his
                 Son
                 ;
                 to
                 give
                 him
                 his
                 last
                 instructions
                 ;
                 foreseeing
                 that
                 he
                 should
                 not
                 recover
                 .
                 At
                 this
                 time
                 he
                 imparted
                 to
                 
                   Achmet
                   Coprogli
                
                 ,
                 all
                 
                 the
                 politick
                 maximes
                 which
                 his
                 long
                 experience
                 ,
                 and
                 penetrating
                 wit
                 had
                 taught
                 him
                 .
                 He
                 charged
                 him
                 never
                 to
                 do
                 any
                 injustice
                 ;
                 to
                 sacrifice
                 his
                 own
                 interests
                 ,
                 and
                 particular
                 inclinations
                 to
                 the
                 good
                 of
                 the
                 State
                 ;
                 to
                 be
                 always
                 faithful
                 to
                 the
                 Sultan
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 advise
                 him
                 to
                 undertake
                 no
                 new
                 War
                 till
                 those
                 of
                 Candia
                 and
                 Transylvania
                 were
                 ended
                 :
                 
                   Remember
                   my
                   Son
                   ,
                   said
                   he
                   ,
                   to
                   observe
                   the
                   Laws
                   ,
                   and
                   that
                   to
                   serve
                   your
                   Prince
                   is
                   to
                   accomplish
                   the
                   greatest
                   part
                   of
                   the
                   Law.
                   
                
                 After
                 these
                 Remonstrances
                 ,
                 he
                 called
                 Fatima
                 his
                 Wife
                 ,
                 who
                 was
                 infinitely
                 afflicted
                 to
                 see
                 this
                 great
                 man
                 die
                 without
                 leaving
                 any
                 authority
                 to
                 his
                 Son
                 :
                 but
                 
                   Mahomet
                   Coprogli
                
                 having
                 somewhat
                 recovered
                 his
                 spirits
                 ,
                 resolved
                 to
                 do
                 something
                 before
                 he
                 died
                 ,
                 worthy
                 of
                 his
                 subtilty
                 ,
                 and
                 prudence
                 .
                 He
                 contrived
                 with
                 Fatima
                 ,
                 and
                 his
                 Son
                 ,
                 all
                 that
                 was
                 necessary
                 to
                 make
                 his
                 last
                 designs
                 succeed
                 ;
                 and
                 he
                 writ
                 a
                 Letter
                 to
                 the
                 
                   Grand
                   Signior
                
                 ;
                 in
                 which
                 he
                 told
                 him
                 ,
                 that
                 finding
                 himself
                 at
                 the
                 point
                 to
                 die
                 ,
                 nothing
                 troubled
                 him
                 more
                 than
                 that
                 he
                 died
                 before
                 
                 he
                 had
                 finished
                 the
                 Wars
                 which
                 his
                 Highness
                 had
                 with
                 two
                 powerful
                 Enemies
                 :
                 but
                 he
                 hoped
                 that
                 he
                 would
                 happily
                 put
                 an
                 end
                 to
                 them
                 if
                 he
                 made
                 use
                 of
                 the
                 counsel
                 which
                 he
                 had
                 given
                 his
                 Son
                 Achmet
                 ,
                 to
                 whom
                 he
                 had
                 delivered
                 the
                 Seal
                 of
                 the
                 Empire
                 ,
                 to
                 give
                 it
                 to
                 his
                 Highness
                 ,
                 if
                 he
                 judged
                 him
                 unworthy
                 to
                 keep
                 it
                 :
                 yet
                 if
                 the
                 Sultan
                 had
                 any
                 respect
                 to
                 his
                 passed
                 services
                 ,
                 or
                 gave
                 any
                 credit
                 to
                 the
                 last
                 words
                 of
                 the
                 faithfullest
                 of
                 his
                 Slaves
                 ,
                 he
                 protested
                 to
                 him
                 that
                 he
                 could
                 not
                 choose
                 a
                 man
                 worthier
                 to
                 be
                 
                   Grand
                   Visier
                
                 than
                 
                   Achmet
                   Coprogli
                
                 ,
                 of
                 whose
                 ability
                 he
                 was
                 assured
                 ,
                 and
                 whom
                 he
                 had
                 furnished
                 with
                 all
                 instructions
                 necessary
                 to
                 acquit
                 himself
                 perfectly
                 of
                 that
                 great
                 charge
                 .
                 He
                 added
                 that
                 he
                 knew
                 well
                 enough
                 this
                 choice
                 was
                 unusual
                 ;
                 but
                 that
                 the
                 Sultans
                 interest
                 ought
                 to
                 make
                 him
                 neglect
                 a
                 piece
                 of
                 Policy
                 that
                 was
                 not
                 so
                 useful
                 to
                 him
                 as
                 it
                 had
                 been
                 to
                 his
                 Ancestors
                 ;
                 and
                 that
                 besides
                 his
                 Highness
                 should
                 consider
                 ,
                 that
                 Empires
                 would
                 perish
                 ,
                 if
                 the
                 Laws
                 were
                 not
                 often
                 subjected
                 to
                 necessity
                 .
              
               
               
                 When
                 he
                 had
                 written
                 this
                 Letter
                 with
                 a
                 great
                 deal
                 of
                 pain
                 ,
                 he
                 commanded
                 Fatima
                 to
                 send
                 it
                 to
                 the
                 
                   Grand
                   Signior
                
                 ,
                 by
                 the
                 Visiers
                 ,
                 who
                 would
                 come
                 to
                 receive
                 his
                 last
                 words
                 :
                 but
                 he
                 charged
                 her
                 not
                 to
                 give
                 them
                 the
                 Seal
                 ,
                 ordering
                 Achmet
                 to
                 keep
                 it
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 deliver
                 it
                 to
                 none
                 but
                 the
                 Emperor
                 .
                 At
                 last
                 ,
                 finding
                 himself
                 grow
                 very
                 weak
                 ,
                 he
                 left
                 off
                 speaking
                 ,
                 for
                 fear
                 of
                 being
                 surprized
                 by
                 the
                 Deputies
                 of
                 the
                 Divan
                 .
                 When
                 he
                 saw
                 them
                 ,
                 he
                 made
                 as
                 if
                 he
                 had
                 lost
                 his
                 speech
                 ;
                 and
                 to
                 let
                 them
                 see
                 that
                 he
                 understood
                 what
                 they
                 said
                 ,
                 he
                 pointed
                 to
                 his
                 Son
                 ,
                 who
                 was
                 by
                 his
                 bed-side
                 .
                 The
                 Visiers
                 ,
                 that
                 they
                 might
                 know
                 his
                 meaning
                 ,
                 looked
                 on
                 Fatima
                 ,
                 as
                 if
                 they
                 would
                 learn
                 it
                 of
                 her
                 .
                 This
                 cunning
                 Woman
                 bursting
                 out
                 into
                 tears
                 ,
                 told
                 them
                 that
                 his
                 meaning
                 was
                 that
                 the
                 Sultan
                 might
                 know
                 by
                 Achmet
                 ,
                 what
                 he
                 would
                 have
                 learned
                 of
                 him
                 ;
                 that
                 he
                 had
                 intrusted
                 him
                 with
                 the
                 secrets
                 of
                 the
                 Empire
                 ,
                 by
                 giving
                 him
                 the
                 Seal
                 ,
                 and
                 discovering
                 to
                 him
                 some
                 particulars
                 ,
                 very
                 important
                 to
                 the
                 State
                 ,
                 of
                 which
                 she
                 was
                 ignorant
                 :
                 but
                 perhaps
                 that
                 
                 Letter
                 which
                 she
                 gave
                 them
                 might
                 clear
                 all
                 ;
                 that
                 they
                 should
                 carry
                 it
                 to
                 the
                 Emperor
                 ,
                 and
                 inform
                 him
                 in
                 what
                 condition
                 they
                 left
                 the
                 
                   Grand
                   Visier
                
                 .
              
               
                 She
                 spake
                 these
                 words
                 so
                 naturally
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 Deputies
                 suspected
                 nothing
                 ,
                 they
                 were
                 indeed
                 concerned
                 ,
                 that
                 they
                 did
                 not
                 carry
                 the
                 Seal
                 of
                 the
                 Empire
                 back
                 with
                 them
                 ;
                 but
                 they
                 never
                 imagined
                 that
                 the
                 
                   Visier
                   Azems
                
                 Son
                 should
                 keep
                 it
                 .
                 They
                 were
                 hardly
                 gone
                 from
                 him
                 ,
                 when
                 he
                 expired
                 ,
                 and
                 his
                 death
                 was
                 no
                 less
                 deplored
                 than
                 it
                 was
                 particular
                 to
                 a
                 man
                 of
                 his
                 condition
                 :
                 for
                 it
                 is
                 not
                 usual
                 for
                 a
                 Minister
                 of
                 the
                 Ottoman
                 Empire
                 to
                 die
                 a
                 natural
                 death
                 .
                 Almost
                 all
                 his
                 Predecessors
                 ,
                 either
                 through
                 the
                 
                   Grand
                   Signiors
                
                 jealousie
                 ,
                 or
                 for
                 their
                 evil
                 administration
                 ,
                 or
                 their
                 injustices
                 ,
                 died
                 by
                 the
                 hands
                 of
                 Executioners
                 .
                 The
                 important
                 services
                 
                   Mahomet
                   Coprogli
                
                 had
                 done
                 the
                 State
                 ,
                 
                 and
                 his
                 great
                 integrity
                 deserved
                 a
                 better
                 end
                 ,
                 which
                 happened
                 in
                 the
                 seven
                 and
                 fiftieth
                 year
                 of
                 his
                 age
                 .
              
               
                 Those
                 who
                 envied
                 the
                 glory
                 of
                 this
                 
                 great
                 man
                 ,
                 did
                 all
                 they
                 could
                 to
                 obscure
                 it
                 .
                 They
                 reproached
                 him
                 with
                 too
                 much
                 gravity
                 ,
                 which
                 they
                 ascribed
                 to
                 his
                 pride
                 ;
                 but
                 it
                 was
                 rather
                 the
                 effect
                 of
                 his
                 temper
                 :
                 it
                 is
                 true
                 ,
                 he
                 knew
                 the
                 advantage
                 he
                 had
                 over
                 others
                 by
                 his
                 experience
                 ,
                 and
                 was
                 very
                 careful
                 to
                 preserve
                 it
                 ;
                 often
                 handling
                 those
                 very
                 roughly
                 ,
                 who
                 contradicted
                 his
                 opinion
                 ,
                 which
                 he
                 never
                 ventured
                 to
                 declare
                 ,
                 but
                 when
                 he
                 was
                 well
                 assured
                 of
                 the
                 consequence
                 .
                 The
                 Divan
                 ,
                 which
                 he
                 always
                 governed
                 ,
                 taxed
                 him
                 of
                 referring
                 nothing
                 to
                 them
                 ,
                 and
                 invading
                 the
                 Sovereign
                 Authority
                 .
                 The
                 success
                 of
                 his
                 Ministry
                 manifested
                 that
                 he
                 had
                 reason
                 to
                 act
                 so
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 he
                 had
                 no
                 need
                 of
                 any
                 bodies
                 assistance
                 :
                 but
                 how
                 unjust
                 soever
                 his
                 enemies
                 are
                 ,
                 they
                 cannot
                 affirm
                 ,
                 that
                 since
                 the
                 beginning
                 of
                 the
                 Turkish
                 Monarchy
                 ,
                 there
                 were
                 ever
                 so
                 many
                 troubles
                 ,
                 as
                 during
                 the
                 administration
                 of
                 this
                 
                   Grand
                   Visier
                
                 .
                 Never
                 was
                 any
                 Prince
                 more
                 disturbed
                 in
                 his
                 minority
                 than
                 
                   Sultan
                   Mahomet
                
                 ,
                 or
                 more
                 vigorously
                 defended
                 :
                 and
                 when
                 he
                 was
                 ready
                 to
                 sink
                 under
                 the
                 weight
                 
                 of
                 so
                 many
                 Civil
                 and
                 Forein
                 Wars
                 ,
                 in
                 his
                 most
                 tender
                 age
                 ,
                 he
                 made
                 three
                 parts
                 of
                 the
                 world
                 tremble
                 .
                 He
                 has
                 increased
                 his
                 Empire
                 by
                 the
                 conquest
                 of
                 a
                 part
                 of
                 Transylvania
                 ,
                 and
                 by
                 the
                 wonderful
                 prudence
                 of
                 this
                 great
                 Minister
                 ,
                 constrained
                 the
                 mightiest
                 Potentates
                 to
                 sue
                 for
                 Peace
                 .
              
               
                 His
                 readiness
                 to
                 punish
                 those
                 who
                 were
                 seditious
                 was
                 accounted
                 cruelty
                 ;
                 yet
                 he
                 never
                 exercised
                 this
                 rigour
                 ,
                 but
                 to
                 prevent
                 combinations
                 ,
                 which
                 are
                 ever
                 fatal
                 ,
                 and
                 destructive
                 to
                 the
                 people
                 .
                 He
                 knew
                 that
                 the
                 first
                 strokes
                 of
                 Justice
                 and
                 Revenge
                 are
                 the
                 best
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 the
                 way
                 to
                 quiet
                 a
                 Sedition
                 ,
                 was
                 to
                 strike
                 at
                 the
                 authors
                 of
                 it
                 .
                 He
                 had
                 several
                 other
                 Maxims
                 ;
                 and
                 when
                 he
                 was
                 forced
                 to
                 raise
                 money
                 to
                 defray
                 the
                 charges
                 of
                 the
                 War
                 ,
                 he
                 was
                 wont
                 to
                 say
                 ,
                 that
                 Peace
                 was
                 not
                 to
                 be
                 obtained
                 without
                 Arms
                 ,
                 or
                 War
                 carried
                 on
                 without
                 money
                 .
                 So
                 he
                 exacted
                 Tribute
                 ,
                 without
                 rendring
                 his
                 Administration
                 odious
                 to
                 the
                 people
                 ,
                 who
                 yet
                 honour
                 his
                 memory
                 in
                 the
                 person
                 of
                 
                   Achmet
                   Coprogli
                
                 ,
                 the
                 Successor
                 of
                 so
                 worthy
                 a
                 Father
                 .
              
               
               
                 The
                 Visiers
                 ,
                 whom
                 the
                 
                   Grand
                   Signior
                
                 and
                 the
                 
                   Sultana
                   Valide
                
                 had
                 deputed
                 to
                 receive
                 the
                 Seal
                 of
                 the
                 Empire
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 
                   Visier
                   Azem's
                
                 last
                 words
                 ,
                 having
                 discharged
                 their
                 Commission
                 ,
                 brought
                 the
                 first
                 news
                 of
                 his
                 death
                 ,
                 which
                 was
                 extremely
                 lamented
                 by
                 the
                 Sultan
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Sultana
                 his
                 Mother
                 :
                 but
                 when
                 they
                 had
                 learned
                 the
                 particulars
                 that
                 Fatima
                 informed
                 them
                 of
                 by
                 the
                 Letter
                 ,
                 which
                 she
                 delivered
                 to
                 the
                 Visiers
                 ,
                 they
                 suspended
                 their
                 sorrow
                 ,
                 to
                 consult
                 how
                 they
                 should
                 proceed
                 in
                 the
                 choice
                 of
                 another
                 Minister
                 .
                 
                   Achmet
                   Coprogli's
                
                 youth
                 ,
                 who
                 was
                 not
                 yet
                 thirty
                 years
                 old
                 ,
                 out-weighed
                 his
                 desert
                 ,
                 and
                 seemed
                 an
                 invincible
                 obstacle
                 to
                 the
                 
                   Grand
                   Signior's
                
                 design
                 ,
                 of
                 complying
                 with
                 the
                 
                   Sultana
                   Valide
                
                 ,
                 who
                 had
                 a
                 mind
                 to
                 confirm
                 the
                 deceased
                 
                   Visier
                   Azem's
                
                 choice
                 of
                 his
                 Son
                 to
                 succeed
                 him
                 :
                 and
                 she
                 alledged
                 such
                 strong
                 reasons
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 Sultan
                 ,
                 who
                 referred
                 all
                 things
                 to
                 her
                 ,
                 at
                 last
                 gave
                 his
                 consent
                 .
                 The
                 Visiers
                 represented
                 to
                 him
                 ,
                 that
                 to
                 give
                 the
                 first
                 Charge
                 of
                 the
                 Empire
                 to
                 his
                 Son
                 who
                 had
                 possessed
                 it
                 before
                 ,
                 was
                 a
                 contradiction
                 
                 to
                 the
                 Laws
                 ,
                 and
                 Maxims
                 of
                 State
                 ;
                 that
                 the
                 Divan
                 ,
                 the
                 Militia
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 People
                 ,
                 would
                 repine
                 to
                 see
                 a
                 young
                 man
                 raised
                 to
                 a
                 Dignity
                 that
                 was
                 fit
                 for
                 none
                 but
                 a
                 Bassa
                 of
                 extraordinary
                 desert
                 ,
                 and
                 consummate
                 experience
                 .
                 However
                 he
                 was
                 swayed
                 by
                 the
                 Sultana
                 his
                 Mother
                 ,
                 who
                 on
                 the
                 other
                 side
                 ,
                 represented
                 to
                 him
                 ,
                 that
                 he
                 could
                 not
                 sufficiently
                 reward
                 
                 Mahomet's
                 services
                 ,
                 but
                 by
                 putting
                 Achmet
                 into
                 his
                 place
                 .
                 This
                 was
                 not
                 the
                 only
                 consideration
                 that
                 made
                 the
                 Sultana
                 favourable
                 to
                 him
                 ;
                 she
                 held
                 her self
                 obliged
                 to
                 endeavour
                 the
                 preferment
                 of
                 a
                 man
                 who
                 had
                 married
                 a
                 person
                 that
                 was
                 so
                 nearly
                 related
                 to
                 her
                 .
                 This
                 is
                 a
                 story
                 that
                 deserves
                 to
                 be
                 treated
                 of
                 at
                 length
                 ;
                 therefore
                 I
                 will
                 return
                 to
                 those
                 things
                 which
                 I
                 before
                 only
                 touched
                 at
                 ,
                 the
                 better
                 to
                 clear
                 those
                 adventures
                 that
                 have
                 hitherto
                 been
                 obscure
                 :
                 the
                 most
                 secret
                 particulars
                 of
                 which
                 are
                 come
                 to
                 my
                 knowledge
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
             
               THE
               HISTORY
               of
               the
               Grand
               VISIERS
               .
            
             
               
                 The
                 third
                 Book
                 .
              
               
                 WHen
                 Fatima
                 had
                 received
                 the
                 Princess
                 Iohaime
                 ,
                 the
                 Daughter
                 of
                 the
                 
                   Sultana
                   Zaime
                
                 ,
                 she
                 brought
                 her
                 up
                 as
                 her
                 own
                 child
                 in
                 the
                 house
                 of
                 
                   Mahomet
                   Coprogli
                
                 her
                 Husband
                 ,
                 who
                 was
                 then
                 Governour
                 of
                 Aleppo
                 .
                 Her
                 Son
                 Achmet
                 was
                 yet
                 so
                 young
                 ,
                 that
                 he
                 easily
                 believed
                 Iohaime
                 was
                 his
                 Sister
                 :
                 he
                 accustomed
                 himself
                 to
                 love
                 her
                 ;
                 and
                 as
                 much
                 a
                 child
                 as
                 he
                 was
                 ,
                 conceived
                 a
                 stronger
                 friendship
                 for
                 her
                 than
                 usually
                 that
                 tender
                 age
                 is
                 capable
                 of
                 .
                 This
                 kindness
                 
                 ness
                 increased
                 with
                 the
                 beauty
                 of
                 Iohaime
                 ,
                 who
                 grew
                 every
                 day
                 more
                 and
                 more
                 amiable
                 .
                 Achmet
                 always
                 drooped
                 when
                 he
                 saw
                 her
                 not
                 ,
                 and
                 Iohaime
                 was
                 equally
                 affected
                 with
                 his
                 absence
                 :
                 their
                 mutual
                 inclination
                 grew
                 with
                 them
                 ,
                 and
                 never
                 was
                 there
                 a
                 stronger
                 sympathy
                 of
                 two
                 hearts
                 ;
                 they
                 were
                 bred
                 up
                 together
                 with
                 a
                 Politene
                 ,
                 which
                 is
                 not
                 common
                 among
                 the
                 Turks
                 .
                 
                   Mahomet
                   Coprogli
                
                 ,
                 and
                 Fatima
                 omitted
                 nothing
                 that
                 might
                 give
                 them
                 an
                 education
                 conformable
                 to
                 their
                 quality
                 .
                 They
                 knew
                 the
                 union
                 of
                 these
                 two
                 persons
                 ,
                 and
                 their
                 tenderness
                 for
                 one
                 another
                 ;
                 but
                 they
                 did
                 not
                 at
                 all
                 mistrust
                 their
                 virtue
                 ,
                 or
                 imagine
                 that
                 they
                 could
                 have
                 other
                 thoughts
                 than
                 such
                 as
                 were
                 inspired
                 by
                 their
                 seeming
                 nearness
                 of
                 blood
                 :
                 therefore
                 they
                 suffered
                 them
                 to
                 live
                 at
                 liberty
                 ,
                 taking
                 care
                 to
                 maintain
                 their
                 mistake
                 ,
                 in
                 which
                 they
                 continued
                 them
                 ,
                 till
                 Achmet
                 whose
                 age
                 made
                 him
                 more
                 discerning
                 ,
                 discovered
                 it
                 by
                 remarking
                 the
                 difference
                 which
                 his
                 Parents
                 put
                 between
                 Iohaime
                 and
                 his
                 other
                 Sister
                 ;
                 that
                 they
                 refused
                 
                 several
                 advantagious
                 matches
                 that
                 were
                 offered
                 her
                 ;
                 and
                 often
                 had
                 private
                 discourses
                 together
                 in
                 which
                 she
                 was
                 concerned
                 .
                 This
                 made
                 him
                 believe
                 there
                 was
                 some
                 mystery
                 in
                 it
                 ,
                 and
                 desiring
                 his
                 Mother
                 to
                 unfold
                 the
                 whole
                 secret
                 to
                 him
                 ,
                 which
                 his
                 own
                 curiosity
                 had
                 already
                 half
                 discovered
                 .
                 Fatima
                 who
                 loved
                 her
                 Son
                 extremely
                 ,
                 and
                 was
                 assured
                 of
                 his
                 discretion
                 ,
                 told
                 him
                 that
                 Iohaime
                 who
                 passed
                 for
                 hers
                 ,
                 was
                 the
                 Daughter
                 of
                 a
                 Sultana
                 ,
                 but
                 that
                 it
                 was
                 as
                 much
                 as
                 her
                 life
                 was
                 worth
                 to
                 reveal
                 it
                 .
                 Now
                 Achmets
                 eyes
                 were
                 opened
                 ,
                 he
                 found
                 that
                 all
                 that
                 he
                 had
                 felt
                 for
                 this
                 Princess
                 ,
                 was
                 nothing
                 but
                 a
                 violent
                 passion
                 ;
                 and
                 examining
                 his
                 heart
                 more
                 nearly
                 ,
                 wondered
                 that
                 he
                 had
                 so
                 long
                 mistaken
                 himself
                 to
                 be
                 her
                 Brother
                 ,
                 whom
                 he
                 had
                 always
                 beheld
                 with
                 a
                 Lovers
                 eyes
                 .
                 The
                 possibility
                 of
                 having
                 her
                 one
                 day
                 in
                 his
                 possession
                 ,
                 redoubled
                 his
                 joy
                 ,
                 which
                 he
                 moderated
                 as
                 well
                 as
                 he
                 could
                 ,
                 lest
                 Iohaime
                 should
                 find
                 out
                 the
                 cause
                 of
                 it
                 ,
                 being
                 unwilling
                 to
                 lose
                 the
                 title
                 of
                 her
                 Brother
                 ,
                 till
                 he
                 could
                 assume
                 that
                 of
                 her
                 Husband
                 ,
                 of
                 
                 which
                 he
                 did
                 not
                 despair
                 ;
                 knowing
                 that
                 the
                 Daughters
                 of
                 the
                 Sultana's
                 are
                 frequently
                 married
                 to
                 the
                 Bassa's
                 ,
                 and
                 Grandees
                 of
                 the
                 Port.
                 The
                 favour
                 his
                 Father
                 was
                 in
                 augmented
                 his
                 hopes
                 ,
                 and
                 he
                 beheld
                 his
                 felicity
                 with
                 so
                 much
                 assurance
                 ,
                 that
                 he
                 was
                 in
                 pain
                 for
                 nothing
                 but
                 to
                 know
                 the
                 happy
                 moment
                 .
                 Now
                 he
                 became
                 more
                 assiduous
                 about
                 Iohaime
                 ,
                 whom
                 he
                 had
                 promised
                 Fatima
                 always
                 to
                 treat
                 as
                 his
                 Sister
                 :
                 but
                 he
                 could
                 not
                 keep
                 his
                 promise
                 long
                 ;
                 there
                 are
                 transports
                 in
                 Love
                 ,
                 that
                 are
                 not
                 usual
                 in
                 Friendship
                 .
                 
                 Achmet's
                 passion
                 was
                 too
                 strong
                 for
                 a
                 Brother
                 ,
                 and
                 soon
                 betrayed
                 it self
                 to
                 proceed
                 from
                 love
                 .
                 The
                 Princess
                 Iohaime
                 ,
                 who
                 had
                 no
                 less
                 wit
                 ,
                 than
                 beauty
                 ,
                 observed
                 an
                 alteration
                 in
                 
                 Achmet's
                 behaviour
                 :
                 he
                 was
                 more
                 particularly
                 diligent
                 about
                 her
                 ;
                 he
                 received
                 the
                 innocent
                 favours
                 she
                 did
                 him
                 as
                 her
                 Brother
                 ,
                 with
                 more
                 satisfaction
                 than
                 ordinary
                 ,
                 and
                 endeavoured
                 to
                 make
                 her
                 bestow
                 them
                 oftner
                 on
                 him
                 .
                 Iohaime
                 perceived
                 it
                 ,
                 and
                 he
                 saw
                 that
                 she
                 did
                 .
                 This
                 reflection
                 put
                 him
                 into
                 confusion
                 ,
                 so
                 that
                 he
                 answered
                 her
                 
                 trembling
                 ,
                 when
                 she
                 desired
                 him
                 to
                 moderate
                 his
                 kindness
                 ,
                 which
                 seemed
                 too
                 passionate
                 for
                 a
                 Brother
                 .
              
               
                 
                 Achmet's
                 disorder
                 and
                 ambiguous
                 words
                 surprized
                 Iohaime
                 ,
                 
                   What
                   say
                   you
                   ,
                   said
                   she
                   to
                   him
                   ,
                   of
                   Passion
                   and
                   Love
                   ?
                   do
                   you
                   remember
                   that
                   I
                   am
                   your
                   Sister
                   ,
                   and
                   that
                   you
                   ought
                   not
                   to
                   have
                   any
                   more
                   than
                   an
                   innocent
                   ,
                   and
                   a
                   pure
                   friendship
                   for
                   me
                   ?
                
                 Achmet
                 ,
                 who
                 was
                 no
                 longer
                 master
                 of
                 his
                 love
                 ,
                 found
                 that
                 he
                 had
                 spoken
                 too
                 much
                 ,
                 that
                 he
                 could
                 not
                 counterfeit
                 any
                 more
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 it
                 was
                 necessary
                 to
                 undeceive
                 her
                 :
                 besides
                 ,
                 a
                 scruple
                 came
                 into
                 his
                 head
                 of
                 being
                 beholden
                 to
                 Friendship
                 for
                 those
                 pleasures
                 ,
                 which
                 he
                 would
                 rather
                 owe
                 to
                 Love.
                 
                 
                   I
                   should
                   abuse
                   your
                   ignorance
                   ,
                   and
                   credulity
                   too
                   much
                   ,
                   fair
                   Iohaime
                   ,
                   said
                   he
                   ,
                   throwing
                   himself
                   at
                   her
                   feet
                   ;
                   you
                   would
                   have
                   reason
                   hereafter
                   to
                   reproach
                   me
                   of
                   going
                   about
                   to
                   surprize
                   your
                   heart
                   by
                   a
                   stratagem
                   ,
                   unworthy
                   of
                   a
                   man
                   who
                   adores
                   you
                   .
                   You
                   are
                   not
                   my
                   Sister
                   ,
                   fair
                   Princess
                   ,
                   and
                   love
                   took
                   care
                   to
                   tell
                   me
                   so
                   before
                   my
                   Mother
                   
                   confirmed
                   it
                   :
                   but
                   Madam
                   ,
                   will
                   not
                   the
                   confession
                   I
                   make
                   injure
                   this
                   love
                   ?
                   and
                   will
                   the
                   Daughter
                   of
                   a
                   Sultana
                   permit
                   the
                   Son
                   of
                   Fatima
                   to
                   be
                   her
                   servant
                   ?
                   will
                   she
                   remember
                   the
                   kindness
                   she
                   had
                   for
                   Achmet
                   when
                   she
                   was
                   yet
                   his
                   Sister
                   ?
                
                 The
                 Princess
                 Iohaime
                 ,
                 who
                 was
                 strangely
                 astonished
                 at
                 this
                 discourse
                 ,
                 beheld
                 Achmet
                 at
                 her
                 feet
                 a
                 good
                 while
                 ,
                 without
                 being
                 able
                 to
                 lift
                 him
                 up
                 ,
                 or
                 answer
                 him
                 :
                 but
                 having
                 recovered
                 her self
                 ,
                 and
                 not
                 comprehending
                 the
                 truth
                 of
                 all
                 that
                 he
                 said
                 to
                 her
                 ,
                 she
                 made
                 as
                 if
                 she
                 did
                 not
                 understand
                 him
                 ,
                 to
                 oblige
                 him
                 to
                 speak
                 more
                 plainly
                 of
                 her
                 condition
                 ;
                 which
                 he
                 did
                 after
                 he
                 had
                 made
                 her
                 promise
                 inviolable
                 secresie
                 .
                 She
                 having
                 a
                 tender
                 friendship
                 for
                 Achmet
                 ,
                 and
                 being
                 quite
                 ignorant
                 of
                 love
                 ,
                 lived
                 still
                 with
                 him
                 as
                 she
                 was
                 wont
                 to
                 do
                 before
                 she
                 knew
                 that
                 she
                 was
                 not
                 his
                 Sister
                 ,
                 and
                 discovered
                 no
                 great
                 joy
                 to
                 find
                 a
                 Lover
                 in
                 him
                 ,
                 whom
                 she
                 had
                 always
                 respected
                 as
                 her
                 Brother
                 .
                 But
                 Achmet
                 quickly
                 converted
                 her
                 friendship
                 into
                 a
                 reciprocal
                 love
                 .
                 These
                 
                 two
                 Lovers
                 were
                 indowed
                 with
                 all
                 that
                 was
                 capable
                 of
                 maintaining
                 a
                 lasting
                 passion
                 .
                 They
                 were
                 almost
                 of
                 the
                 same
                 age
                 ,
                 Achmet
                 being
                 but
                 two
                 years
                 older
                 than
                 the
                 Princess
                 .
                 He
                 was
                 well
                 and
                 proportionably
                 shap'd
                 ,
                 his
                 behaviour
                 and
                 manners
                 pleasing
                 ,
                 his
                 eyes
                 were
                 lively
                 ,
                 and
                 sparkling
                 ;
                 his
                 complexion
                 white
                 ,
                 and
                 his
                 hair
                 of
                 a
                 chestnut
                 colour
                 ;
                 he
                 went
                 handsomly
                 about
                 every
                 thing
                 he
                 did
                 ;
                 and
                 the
                 
                   Grand
                   Signior
                
                 has
                 been
                 often
                 heard
                 to
                 say
                 ,
                 that
                 he
                 did
                 those
                 exercises
                 which
                 the
                 Turks
                 usually
                 perform
                 before
                 him
                 ,
                 better
                 than
                 any
                 man
                 in
                 his
                 Empire
                 .
                 The
                 Princess
                 Iohaime
                 had
                 qualities
                 that
                 rendred
                 her
                 no
                 less
                 amiable
                 :
                 her
                 shape
                 ,
                 though
                 not
                 yet
                 quite
                 formed
                 ,
                 was
                 likely
                 to
                 be
                 the
                 best
                 in
                 the
                 world
                 .
                 The
                 figure
                 of
                 her
                 face
                 was
                 oval
                 ,
                 her
                 forehead
                 was
                 large
                 ,
                 her
                 eyes
                 full
                 ;
                 they
                 were
                 blue
                 ,
                 and
                 so
                 sweetly
                 languishing
                 ,
                 that
                 one
                 could
                 not
                 see
                 them
                 without
                 being
                 sensibly
                 affected
                 ;
                 her
                 nose
                 was
                 of
                 a
                 just
                 bigness
                 ;
                 her
                 mouth
                 and
                 teeth
                 admirable
                 ;
                 her
                 complexion
                 incomparable
                 ;
                 her
                 hair
                 brown
                 ,
                 and
                 very
                 thick
                 ;
                 her
                 min
                 answered
                 
                 the
                 greatness
                 of
                 her
                 birth
                 ,
                 and
                 her
                 wit
                 was
                 perfectly
                 correspondent
                 to
                 her
                 outward
                 charms
                 :
                 besides
                 all
                 this
                 ,
                 her
                 modesty
                 made
                 all
                 the
                 world
                 adore
                 her
                 ;
                 especially
                 Achmet
                 ,
                 with
                 whom
                 she
                 avoided
                 being
                 alone
                 ,
                 since
                 the
                 declaration
                 which
                 he
                 had
                 made
                 to
                 her
                 :
                 her
                 chastity
                 reproaching
                 her
                 with
                 those
                 harmless
                 privacies
                 which
                 she
                 had
                 before
                 permitted
                 .
                 She
                 lived
                 so
                 strictly
                 ,
                 and
                 reservedly
                 ,
                 as
                 hindred
                 her
                 Lover
                 from
                 taking
                 any
                 of
                 those
                 liberties
                 which
                 she
                 had
                 given
                 way
                 to
                 ,
                 while
                 she
                 believed
                 him
                 to
                 be
                 her
                 Brother
                 .
                 Never
                 were
                 so
                 many
                 charms
                 ,
                 so
                 much
                 love
                 ,
                 and
                 virtue
                 seen
                 together
                 .
                 She
                 obtained
                 of
                 Achmet
                 ,
                 that
                 he
                 should
                 require
                 nothing
                 of
                 her
                 ,
                 but
                 what
                 the
                 most
                 innocent
                 friendship
                 could
                 not
                 refuse
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 he
                 should
                 keep
                 his
                 passion
                 secret
                 .
                 They
                 lived
                 together
                 very
                 calmly
                 ,
                 expecting
                 when
                 fortune
                 would
                 favour
                 their
                 desires
                 ,
                 by
                 rendring
                 them
                 completely
                 happy
                 ;
                 but
                 fate
                 ,
                 envying
                 their
                 felicity
                 ,
                 disturbed
                 their
                 repose
                 ,
                 by
                 a
                 separation
                 ,
                 which
                 almost
                 killed
                 them
                 with
                 grief
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Mahomet
                   Coprogli
                
                 ,
                 from
                 being
                 a
                 Captive
                 ,
                 
                 and
                 on
                 the
                 brink
                 of
                 destruction
                 ,
                 became
                 the
                 first
                 Minister
                 of
                 the
                 Ottoman
                 Empire
                 ;
                 he
                 was
                 no
                 sooner
                 raised
                 to
                 this
                 degree
                 ,
                 but
                 he
                 took
                 care
                 to
                 render
                 his
                 Son
                 capable
                 of
                 serving
                 the
                 State
                 under
                 him
                 .
                 He
                 had
                 given
                 Achmet
                 better
                 Education
                 than
                 usually
                 those
                 of
                 his
                 Nation
                 bestow
                 on
                 their
                 children
                 ,
                 and
                 then
                 brought
                 him
                 to
                 the
                 Court
                 of
                 the
                 Sultan
                 ,
                 who
                 at
                 the
                 very
                 first
                 took
                 a
                 kindness
                 to
                 him
                 ;
                 and
                 the
                 
                   Sultana
                   Valide
                
                 perceiving
                 his
                 good
                 qualities
                 ,
                 would
                 have
                 him
                 always
                 be
                 with
                 her
                 Son
                 Mahomet
                 ,
                 into
                 whose
                 favour
                 he
                 so
                 insinuated
                 himself
                 in
                 a
                 short
                 time
                 ,
                 that
                 he
                 could
                 not
                 indure
                 to
                 be
                 one
                 moment
                 without
                 him
                 :
                 but
                 the
                 
                   Grand
                   Visier
                
                 had
                 no
                 mind
                 to
                 let
                 his
                 Sons
                 courage
                 decay
                 among
                 the
                 soft
                 pleasures
                 of
                 the
                 Seraglio
                 ,
                 intending
                 him
                 for
                 a
                 man
                 of
                 business
                 ;
                 and
                 the
                 power
                 he
                 had
                 over
                 the
                 Sultan
                 ,
                 who
                 minded
                 nothing
                 but
                 his
                 diversions
                 ,
                 prevailed
                 with
                 him
                 to
                 consent
                 that
                 Achmet
                 should
                 go
                 and
                 make
                 his
                 first
                 Campagna
                 ;
                 where
                 he
                 came
                 off
                 with
                 so
                 much
                 success
                 ,
                 that
                 he
                 gained
                 the
                 esteem
                 of
                 all
                 the
                 Captains
                 :
                 who
                 seeing
                 
                 him
                 begin
                 so
                 well
                 ,
                 doubted
                 not
                 but
                 he
                 would
                 be
                 one
                 of
                 the
                 greatest
                 men
                 in
                 the
                 Ottoman
                 Empire
                 .
                 When
                 he
                 parted
                 from
                 the
                 Princess
                 Iohaime
                 ,
                 he
                 left
                 her
                 in
                 inexpressible
                 sorrow
                 .
                 Achmet
                 would
                 have
                 discovered
                 his
                 love
                 to
                 his
                 Mother
                 Fatima
                 ,
                 but
                 Iohaime
                 opposed
                 it
                 so
                 strongly
                 ,
                 that
                 he
                 durst
                 not
                 do
                 it
                 ,
                 for
                 fear
                 of
                 displeasing
                 her
                 :
                 besides
                 ,
                 he
                 was
                 afraid
                 his
                 Mother
                 would
                 reproach
                 him
                 with
                 his
                 weakness
                 ,
                 and
                 indiscretion
                 ,
                 which
                 might
                 produce
                 an
                 effect
                 contrary
                 to
                 his
                 wishes
                 :
                 therefore
                 he
                 took
                 leave
                 of
                 her
                 ,
                 after
                 a
                 thousand
                 protestations
                 of
                 loving
                 one
                 another
                 eternally
                 .
                 Yet
                 the
                 kindness
                 of
                 these
                 two
                 Lovers
                 at
                 parting
                 ,
                 was
                 not
                 so
                 secret
                 ,
                 but
                 that
                 Fatima
                 perceived
                 it
                 ;
                 who
                 whether
                 she
                 already
                 suspected
                 the
                 truth
                 ,
                 or
                 feared
                 the
                 effect
                 of
                 so
                 long
                 a
                 conversation
                 ,
                 interrupted
                 it
                 as
                 soon
                 as
                 she
                 could
                 .
                 She
                 knew
                 somewhat
                 of
                 her
                 Sons
                 love
                 ,
                 and
                 apprehended
                 the
                 consequence
                 ;
                 not
                 being
                 assured
                 that
                 the
                 
                   Sultana
                   Valide
                
                 would
                 approve
                 of
                 Achmets
                 passion
                 for
                 Iohaime
                 .
                 She
                 thought
                 it
                 convenient
                 to
                 make
                 use
                 of
                 the
                 opportunity
                 of
                 her
                 
                 Sons
                 absence
                 ,
                 to
                 return
                 the
                 Princess
                 to
                 her
                 Mother
                 ;
                 knowing
                 that
                 when
                 she
                 was
                 in
                 the
                 Seraglio
                 ,
                 her
                 Son
                 could
                 not
                 so
                 easily
                 see
                 her
                 ,
                 and
                 hold
                 correspondence
                 with
                 her
                 :
                 besides
                 ,
                 that
                 it
                 would
                 be
                 more
                 decent
                 for
                 her
                 to
                 be
                 with
                 her
                 true
                 Parents
                 ,
                 than
                 in
                 Mahomet
                 Coprogli's
                 house
                 ,
                 whose
                 Daughter
                 she
                 was
                 thought
                 to
                 be
                 .
                 Therefore
                 Fatima
                 perswaded
                 the
                 
                   Sultana
                   Valide
                
                 to
                 have
                 Iohaime
                 near
                 her
                 :
                 but
                 the
                 Sultana
                 having
                 some
                 secret
                 reasons
                 why
                 she
                 would
                 not
                 yet
                 own
                 her
                 for
                 her
                 Daughter
                 ,
                 ordered
                 Fatima
                 to
                 present
                 her
                 to
                 her
                 as
                 the
                 Visier
                 Azem's
                 own
                 Daughter
                 ,
                 which
                 was
                 done
                 without
                 acquainting
                 Iohaime
                 ,
                 who
                 was
                 brought
                 to
                 the
                 Seraglio
                 to
                 live
                 with
                 the
                 
                   Sultana
                   Valide
                
                 .
                 This
                 young
                 Princess
                 who
                 was
                 not
                 suffered
                 to
                 know
                 her
                 Mother
                 ,
                 foreseeing
                 the
                 difficulty
                 she
                 should
                 have
                 to
                 see
                 Achmet
                 ,
                 and
                 how
                 grievous
                 this
                 separation
                 which
                 was
                 contrived
                 without
                 his
                 knowledge
                 ,
                 would
                 be
                 to
                 him
                 ,
                 was
                 so
                 sensibly
                 touched
                 at
                 it
                 ,
                 that
                 a
                 great
                 while
                 she
                 pined
                 away
                 ;
                 at
                 last
                 she
                 fell
                 sick
                 ,
                 and
                 had
                 no
                 body
                 about
                 her
                 that
                 she
                 could
                 trust
                 to
                 give
                 Achmet
                 
                 notice
                 of
                 their
                 misfortune
                 .
                 She
                 was
                 in
                 a
                 place
                 where
                 she
                 was
                 watched
                 very
                 nearly
                 .
                 She
                 mistrusted
                 Fatima
                 ,
                 whom
                 she
                 still
                 called
                 Mother
                 ,
                 being
                 thought
                 to
                 be
                 so
                 by
                 every
                 body
                 .
                 Seeing
                 her
                 very
                 often
                 ,
                 she
                 resolved
                 at
                 last
                 to
                 give
                 her
                 a
                 Letter
                 ,
                 which
                 she
                 said
                 the
                 Sultan
                 had
                 delivered
                 to
                 her
                 to
                 send
                 to
                 her
                 Brother
                 (
                 so
                 she
                 called
                 her
                 
                   Achmet
                   ;
                   )
                   Fatima
                
                 ,
                 suspected
                 nothing
                 ,
                 taking
                 it
                 to
                 be
                 a
                 mark
                 of
                 the
                 
                   Grand
                   Signiors
                
                 affection
                 to
                 her
                 Son
                 ,
                 with
                 whom
                 he
                 was
                 sometimes
                 very
                 familiar
                 :
                 therefore
                 she
                 sent
                 the
                 Letter
                 to
                 him
                 ,
                 who
                 received
                 it
                 just
                 as
                 he
                 was
                 going
                 to
                 fight
                 ,
                 and
                 opening
                 it
                 found
                 it
                 ,
                 written
                 to
                 this
                 purpose
                 :
              
               
                 As
                 if
                 your
                 being
                 exposed
                 to
                 the
                 dangers
                 of
                 War
                 ,
                 and
                 my
                 continual
                 apprehensions
                 of
                 losing
                 you
                 ,
                 were
                 not
                 sufficient
                 to
                 afflict
                 me
                 ,
                 that
                 I
                 may
                 quite
                 despair
                 .
                 I
                 am
                 shut
                 up
                 in
                 the
                 Seraglio
                 ,
                 I
                 can
                 accuse
                 no
                 body
                 of
                 it
                 but
                 your
                 Mooher
                 :
                 I
                 still
                 pass
                 for
                 your
                 Sister
                 ,
                 and
                 I
                 fear
                 lest
                 Fatima
                 believes
                 I
                 love
                 you
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 for
                 that
                 reason
                 she
                 has
                 shut
                 me
                 up
                 in
                 a
                 place
                 ,
                 where
                 your
                 absence
                 is
                 not
                 the
                 only
                 thing
                 I
                 dread
                 ;
                 but
                 return
                 quickly
                 ,
                 and
                 free
                 me
                 from
                 this
                 mortal
                 disquiet
                 
                 I
                 am
                 in
                 .
                 Write
                 not
                 back
                 to
                 me
                 ,
                 lest
                 your
                 Letter
                 discover
                 the
                 trick
                 I
                 used
                 to
                 conveigh
                 this
                 to
                 you
                 ,
                 which
                 your
                 Mother
                 sent
                 you
                 as
                 from
                 the
                 Sultan
                 .
              
               
                 Achmet
                 was
                 thunder-strook
                 with
                 this
                 news
                 ,
                 at
                 first
                 despair
                 seized
                 on
                 his
                 soul
                 ,
                 but
                 his
                 hope
                 of
                 dying
                 in
                 the
                 Battel
                 did
                 a
                 little
                 allay
                 the
                 misfortunes
                 of
                 his
                 love
                 .
                 The
                 fight
                 drew
                 near
                 ,
                 and
                 he
                 was
                 impatient
                 to
                 be
                 ingaged
                 ;
                 at
                 the
                 first
                 incounter
                 he
                 rushed
                 in
                 among
                 the
                 thickest
                 ,
                 and
                 fought
                 as
                 one
                 that
                 sought
                 not
                 victory
                 but
                 death
                 ;
                 but
                 his
                 good
                 luck
                 had
                 the
                 better
                 of
                 despair
                 ;
                 he
                 was
                 not
                 so
                 much
                 as
                 hurt
                 ;
                 and
                 his
                 desire
                 of
                 dying
                 which
                 made
                 him
                 face
                 the
                 greatest
                 dangers
                 ,
                 passed
                 for
                 the
                 effect
                 of
                 an
                 undaunted
                 courage
                 ,
                 and
                 gained
                 him
                 the
                 reputation
                 of
                 one
                 of
                 the
                 bravest
                 men
                 in
                 the
                 Army
                 .
                 The
                 Campagna
                 being
                 ended
                 ,
                 he
                 returned
                 to
                 Constantinople
                 ,
                 where
                 his
                 valour
                 received
                 the
                 applauses
                 of
                 all
                 the
                 Grandees
                 of
                 the
                 Port
                 ,
                 who
                 studied
                 to
                 make
                 themselves
                 acceptable
                 to
                 the
                 
                   Grand
                   Visier
                
                 his
                 Father
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Sultan
                 whose
                 Favorite
                 he
                 was
                 :
                 but
                 all
                 their
                 praises
                 which
                 perhaps
                 would
                 have
                 satisfied
                 a
                 
                 more
                 vain
                 ,
                 or
                 an
                 ambitious
                 man
                 ,
                 did
                 not
                 move
                 him
                 at
                 all
                 .
                 His
                 love
                 wholly
                 imployed
                 his
                 thoughts
                 ,
                 and
                 he
                 was
                 already
                 weary
                 of
                 those
                 troublesome
                 complements
                 that
                 hindred
                 him
                 from
                 contriving
                 a
                 way
                 to
                 see
                 his
                 Mistriss
                 .
                 He
                 was
                 warned
                 by
                 her
                 Letter
                 to
                 mistrust
                 his
                 Mother
                 ,
                 and
                 he
                 employed
                 all
                 his
                 subtilty
                 to
                 know
                 why
                 she
                 had
                 delivered
                 Iohaime
                 to
                 the
                 
                   Sultana
                   Valide
                
                 ;
                 but
                 Fatima
                 found
                 out
                 his
                 drift
                 :
                 She
                 loved
                 him
                 too
                 well
                 ,
                 to
                 give
                 any
                 cause
                 to
                 be
                 angry
                 ,
                 or
                 complain
                 of
                 her
                 ;
                 therefore
                 she
                 told
                 him
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 Sultana
                 had
                 asked
                 for
                 the
                 Princess
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 she
                 was
                 forced
                 to
                 obey
                 her
                 against
                 her
                 will.
                 
                 
                   I
                   know
                   ,
                   added
                   she
                   ,
                   that
                   it
                   makes
                   you
                   melancholy
                   ,
                   and
                   I
                   know
                   the
                   friendship
                   you
                   have
                   for
                   one
                   another
                   ;
                   I
                   would
                   have
                   you
                   always
                   preserve
                   the
                   same
                   thoughts
                   ,
                   and
                   should
                   be
                   glad
                   you
                   could
                   give
                   Iohaime
                   assurances
                   of
                   them
                   your self
                   ;
                   but
                   since
                   it
                   is
                   impossible
                   ,
                   I
                   will
                   do
                   it
                   for
                   you
                   .
                
                 Achmet
                 was
                 vexed
                 at
                 this
                 discourse
                 ,
                 but
                 he
                 dissembled
                 his
                 grief
                 as
                 well
                 as
                 he
                 could
                 ,
                 and
                 went
                 to
                 pay
                 his
                 respects
                 to
                 the
                 Sultan
                 ,
                 who
                 
                 received
                 him
                 very
                 kindly
                 .
                 After
                 he
                 had
                 given
                 his
                 Highness
                 an
                 account
                 of
                 his
                 Campagna
                 ,
                 the
                 
                   Grand
                   Signior
                
                 in
                 requital
                 ,
                 told
                 him
                 what
                 he
                 had
                 done
                 in
                 his
                 absence
                 ,
                 and
                 ended
                 his
                 relation
                 with
                 the
                 praise
                 of
                 
                 Achmet's
                 Sister
                 ,
                 who
                 was
                 come
                 a
                 little
                 before
                 ,
                 to
                 be
                 with
                 the
                 
                   Sultana
                   Valide
                
                 his
                 Mother
                 .
                 If
                 the
                 Sultan
                 had
                 taken
                 notice
                 of
                 the
                 disturbance
                 that
                 appeared
                 then
                 in
                 his
                 Favourites
                 countenance
                 ,
                 he
                 had
                 perhaps
                 suspected
                 something
                 of
                 his
                 love
                 ,
                 but
                 he
                 did
                 not
                 perceive
                 it
                 ;
                 and
                 Achmet
                 then
                 discovered
                 part
                 of
                 his
                 unhappiness
                 :
                 he
                 knew
                 not
                 that
                 the
                 Emperor
                 Mahomet
                 was
                 
                 Iohaime's
                 Brother
                 ,
                 and
                 saw
                 nothing
                 that
                 could
                 hinder
                 him
                 from
                 being
                 her
                 Lover
                 .
                 The
                 thoughts
                 of
                 this
                 wounded
                 his
                 heart
                 ,
                 and
                 he
                 had
                 almost
                 betrayed
                 himself
                 by
                 shewing
                 his
                 jealousie
                 ;
                 yet
                 at
                 last
                 he
                 forced
                 himself
                 ,
                 and
                 summoned
                 all
                 his
                 reason
                 to
                 assist
                 him
                 ,
                 to
                 beg
                 the
                 
                 Sultan's
                 permission
                 to
                 see
                 his
                 Sister
                 .
                 None
                 but
                 Achmet
                 ,
                 who
                 was
                 so
                 familiar
                 with
                 the
                 
                   Grand
                   Signior
                
                 durst
                 have
                 asked
                 such
                 a
                 favour
                 which
                 is
                 never
                 granted
                 to
                 any
                 body
                 ;
                 for
                 neither
                 the
                 Father
                 ,
                 or
                 the
                 
                 other
                 kindred
                 of
                 the
                 young
                 women
                 in
                 the
                 Seraglio
                 are
                 suffered
                 to
                 see
                 them
                 ,
                 till
                 they
                 go
                 out
                 to
                 be
                 married
                 .
                 The
                 Sultan
                 ,
                 who
                 had
                 a
                 secret
                 end
                 in
                 Achmets
                 discoursing
                 privately
                 with
                 his
                 Sister
                 ,
                 presently
                 granted
                 his
                 request
                 .
                 He
                 no
                 sooner
                 knew
                 his
                 Masters
                 intention
                 ,
                 but
                 he
                 was
                 grieved
                 that
                 he
                 had
                 given
                 him
                 an
                 opportunity
                 of
                 requiring
                 a
                 service
                 of
                 him
                 ,
                 that
                 was
                 so
                 contrary
                 to
                 his
                 passion
                 .
                 The
                 Sultan
                 had
                 seen
                 Iohaime
                 a
                 little
                 before
                 with
                 his
                 Mother
                 ,
                 and
                 he
                 found
                 her
                 to
                 be
                 what
                 she
                 appeared
                 to
                 all
                 the
                 world
                 ,
                 infinitely
                 charming
                 .
                 His
                 heart
                 having
                 never
                 yet
                 been
                 ingaged
                 ,
                 he
                 soon
                 lost
                 his
                 liberty
                 ,
                 and
                 without
                 considering
                 whether
                 it
                 were
                 as
                 easie
                 to
                 be
                 beloved
                 ,
                 as
                 to
                 love
                 .
                 It
                 was
                 not
                 long
                 before
                 he
                 declared
                 himself
                 to
                 her
                 ,
                 not
                 taking
                 any
                 notice
                 of
                 the
                 Sultana
                 ,
                 who
                 he
                 believed
                 would
                 not
                 oppose
                 him
                 .
                 She
                 being
                 informed
                 of
                 his
                 love
                 ,
                 did
                 all
                 she
                 could
                 to
                 cure
                 him
                 ;
                 she
                 employed
                 all
                 the
                 arguments
                 she
                 could
                 think
                 of
                 ,
                 to
                 fix
                 him
                 on
                 some
                 other
                 object
                 ;
                 and
                 all
                 her
                 authority
                 was
                 little
                 enough
                 on
                 this
                 occasion
                 ;
                 his
                 obstinacy
                 
                 surmounting
                 his
                 respect
                 ;
                 yet
                 he
                 durst
                 not
                 continue
                 his
                 addresses
                 openly
                 ,
                 for
                 fear
                 of
                 disobliging
                 his
                 Mother
                 :
                 besides
                 ,
                 he
                 was
                 unwilling
                 to
                 gain
                 the
                 favour
                 of
                 a
                 beauty
                 by
                 force
                 ,
                 which
                 he
                 had
                 rather
                 win
                 by
                 his
                 diligence
                 ,
                 and
                 services
                 ;
                 therefore
                 he
                 courted
                 Iohaime
                 secretly
                 ,
                 who
                 being
                 prepossessed
                 in
                 Achmet
                 Coprogli's
                 behalf
                 ,
                 easily
                 defended
                 herself
                 from
                 the
                 
                 Sultan's
                 importunity
                 .
                 Difficulties
                 commonly
                 augment
                 love
                 .
                 The
                 
                   Grand
                   Signiors
                
                 was
                 heightned
                 by
                 the
                 resistance
                 he
                 found
                 ;
                 but
                 being
                 naturally
                 gallant
                 ,
                 and
                 free
                 from
                 those
                 brutish
                 inclinations
                 which
                 most
                 of
                 his
                 predecessors
                 were
                 subject
                 to
                 :
                 he
                 would
                 try
                 all
                 honourable
                 means
                 to
                 perswade
                 Iohaime
                 to
                 admit
                 of
                 his
                 passion
                 ,
                 and
                 believed
                 that
                 his
                 Favourite
                 Achmet
                 ,
                 (
                 whom
                 he
                 took
                 to
                 be
                 her
                 Brother
                 )
                 might
                 induce
                 her
                 to
                 be
                 kind
                 to
                 him
                 .
                 In
                 order
                 to
                 this
                 ,
                 he
                 desired
                 the
                 
                   Sultana
                   Valide
                
                 by
                 a
                 particular
                 priviledge
                 ,
                 to
                 give
                 the
                 Grand
                 Visier's
                 Son
                 leave
                 to
                 converse
                 with
                 his
                 Sister
                 .
                 The
                 Sultana
                 ,
                 who
                 had
                 thwarted
                 her
                 Sons
                 inclination
                 ,
                 thought
                 it
                 not
                 prudent
                 to
                 refuse
                 
                 what
                 he
                 asked
                 in
                 
                 Achmet's
                 behalf
                 ,
                 lest
                 her
                 denial
                 should
                 provoke
                 him
                 to
                 transgress
                 those
                 bounds
                 of
                 respect
                 he
                 had
                 hitherto
                 kept
                 :
                 therefore
                 she
                 consented
                 that
                 Iohaime
                 should
                 receive
                 a
                 visit
                 from
                 Achmet
                 ;
                 but
                 she
                 charged
                 her
                 under
                 pain
                 of
                 her
                 displeasure
                 ,
                 to
                 repulse
                 the
                 
                 Sultan's
                 addresses
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 be
                 deaf
                 to
                 what
                 ever
                 the
                 Favorite
                 should
                 plead
                 in
                 his
                 Masters
                 behalf
                 .
                 This
                 prohibition
                 was
                 needless
                 ;
                 
                 Iohaime's
                 own
                 interest
                 was
                 more
                 prevalent
                 with
                 her
                 than
                 any
                 command
                 ;
                 as
                 soon
                 as
                 the
                 
                   Grand
                   Signior
                
                 had
                 obtained
                 the
                 Sultana's
                 consent
                 ,
                 he
                 ran
                 to
                 find
                 Achmet
                 ,
                 who
                 waited
                 impatiently
                 for
                 him
                 in
                 his
                 apartment
                 where
                 he
                 left
                 him
                 .
                 There
                 ,
                 with
                 a
                 rapture
                 of
                 Joy
                 which
                 proceeded
                 from
                 his
                 hope
                 of
                 succeeding
                 in
                 his
                 love
                 ,
                 
                   You
                   may
                   my
                   dear
                   Achmet
                   ,
                   see
                   the
                   fair
                   Iohaime
                   when
                   you
                   please
                   ;
                   I
                   have
                   with
                   great
                   difficulty
                   obtained
                   my
                   Mothers
                   leave
                   ;
                   and
                   I
                   believe
                   you
                   will
                   thank
                   me
                   for
                   it
                   ,
                   and
                   do
                   me
                   all
                   the
                   good
                   offices
                   ,
                   that
                   I
                   may
                   promise
                   my self
                   from
                   your
                   friendship
                   :
                   you
                   have
                   a
                   great
                   deal
                   of
                   power
                   with
                   her
                   ,
                   and
                   I
                   hope
                   you
                   will
                   make
                   use
                   of
                   
                   it
                   to
                   make
                   me
                   happy
                   ;
                   for
                   (
                   added
                   he
                   )
                   I
                   will
                   no
                   longer
                   conceal
                   from
                   you
                   my
                   love
                   for
                   your
                   Sister
                   :
                   the
                   
                     Sultana
                     Valide
                  
                   opposed
                   it
                   ,
                   she
                   forces
                   charming
                   Iohaime
                   to
                   be
                   cruel
                   to
                   me
                   ,
                   it
                   may
                   be
                   against
                   her
                   will
                   :
                   but
                   you
                   may
                   assure
                   her
                   ,
                   that
                   it
                   is
                   her
                   own
                   fault
                   if
                   she
                   be
                   not
                   
                     Grand
                     Sultana
                  
                   .
                
                 This
                 declaration
                 made
                 with
                 all
                 the
                 earnestness
                 of
                 a
                 tender
                 and
                 passionate
                 Lover
                 ,
                 so
                 surprized
                 him
                 ,
                 that
                 it
                 was
                 a
                 good
                 while
                 before
                 he
                 could
                 answer
                 him
                 .
                 The
                 Sultan
                 could
                 not
                 tell
                 what
                 to
                 make
                 of
                 this
                 .
                 
                   What
                   ?
                   (
                   said
                   he
                   )
                   will
                   you
                   too
                   declare
                   against
                   my
                   love
                   ?
                
                 These
                 words
                 uttered
                 with
                 some
                 vehemence
                 ,
                 brought
                 Achmet
                 out
                 of
                 the
                 confusion
                 he
                 was
                 in
                 ;
                 and
                 hiding
                 as
                 well
                 as
                 he
                 could
                 the
                 jealousie
                 and
                 despair
                 which
                 the
                 Emperors
                 love
                 for
                 his
                 Princess
                 filled
                 his
                 soul
                 with
                 ,
                 he
                 recovered
                 himself
                 so
                 well
                 as
                 to
                 say
                 ,
                 
                   Your
                   passion
                   ,
                   Sir
                   ,
                   honours
                   Iohaime
                   too
                   much
                   ,
                   and
                   I
                   have
                   too
                   much
                   respect
                   for
                   your
                   Highness
                   ,
                   to
                   contradict
                   your
                   desires
                   ;
                   but
                   I
                   am
                   afraid
                   of
                   creating
                   some
                   mis-understanding
                   between
                   you
                   and
                   the
                   
                     Sultana
                     Valide
                  
                   ,
                   
                   by
                   assisting
                   your
                   love
                   .
                   You
                   know
                   ,
                   Sir
                   ,
                   that
                   your
                   Mother
                   is
                   positive
                   in
                   her
                   opinion
                   ,
                   and
                   will
                   be
                   obey'd
                   ;
                   if
                   she
                   does
                   not
                   approve
                   of
                   your
                   kindness
                   for
                   my
                   Sister
                   ,
                   and
                   comes
                   to
                   hear
                   of
                   my
                   negotiation
                   ;
                   she
                   will
                   never
                   pardon
                   me
                   ,
                   or
                   Iohaime
                   ,
                   and
                   by
                   removing
                   me
                   from
                   you
                   ,
                   will
                   render
                   me
                   incapable
                   of
                   serving
                   you
                   .
                
                 The
                 
                   Grand
                   Signior
                
                 ,
                 who
                 was
                 pre-possessed
                 by
                 his
                 love
                 ,
                 made
                 him
                 a
                 thousand
                 protestations
                 to
                 protect
                 him
                 ,
                 and
                 free
                 him
                 from
                 all
                 that
                 he
                 apprehended
                 :
                 and
                 conjuring
                 him
                 to
                 pity
                 his
                 affection
                 ,
                 cast
                 him
                 into
                 a
                 strange
                 confusion
                 .
                 This
                 Favourite
                 had
                 two
                 things
                 to
                 choose
                 ,
                 which
                 were
                 more
                 cruel
                 to
                 him
                 than
                 death
                 ;
                 on
                 one
                 side
                 he
                 saw
                 himself
                 in
                 danger
                 of
                 losing
                 his
                 Masters
                 favour
                 ,
                 whom
                 he
                 infinitely
                 esteemed
                 ,
                 if
                 he
                 refused
                 to
                 serve
                 him
                 in
                 his
                 love
                 ;
                 and
                 on
                 the
                 other
                 hand
                 ,
                 he
                 was
                 forced
                 to
                 speak
                 against
                 his
                 own
                 interest
                 ,
                 in
                 behalf
                 of
                 the
                 most
                 dangerous
                 Rival
                 in
                 the
                 world
                 :
                 for
                 the
                 
                   Grand
                   Signior
                
                 was
                 not
                 only
                 considerable
                 for
                 his
                 high
                 birth
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 possession
                 of
                 the
                 greatest
                 Empire
                 on
                 earth
                 ;
                 but
                 he
                 was
                 furnished
                 
                 with
                 qualities
                 that
                 rendred
                 him
                 very
                 acceptable
                 .
                 This
                 Prince
                 is
                 capable
                 of
                 being
                 strongly
                 ingaged
                 ,
                 and
                 his
                 conduct
                 has
                 manifested
                 that
                 he
                 is
                 very
                 constant
                 in
                 love
                 ,
                 his
                 soul
                 is
                 great
                 ,
                 and
                 royal
                 ,
                 his
                 humour
                 is
                 chearful
                 ,
                 sociable
                 ,
                 and
                 familiar
                 ,
                 but
                 not
                 indifferently
                 with
                 every
                 body
                 ;
                 for
                 he
                 can
                 be
                 grave
                 on
                 occasion
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 with
                 so
                 much
                 majesty
                 ,
                 as
                 imprints
                 an
                 universal
                 awe
                 :
                 his
                 shape
                 is
                 not
                 very
                 advantageous
                 ,
                 but
                 it
                 was
                 straight
                 ,
                 before
                 he
                 fell
                 from
                 his
                 Horse
                 one
                 day
                 in
                 leaping
                 a
                 ditch
                 in
                 hunting
                 ,
                 which
                 hurt
                 him
                 on
                 the
                 left
                 side
                 ,
                 and
                 makes
                 him
                 a
                 little
                 crooked
                 .
                 He
                 has
                 the
                 finest
                 eyes
                 that
                 a
                 man
                 can
                 have
                 ;
                 his
                 mouth
                 is
                 good
                 ,
                 his
                 complexion
                 is
                 a
                 little
                 gross
                 ,
                 and
                 not
                 very
                 smooth
                 ,
                 since
                 he
                 had
                 the
                 Small
                 Pox
                 ;
                 his
                 beard
                 is
                 of
                 Chesnut
                 colour
                 ,
                 like
                 as
                 his
                 hair
                 ;
                 his
                 gate
                 is
                 grave
                 ,
                 and
                 though
                 his
                 constitution
                 be
                 somewhat
                 tender
                 ,
                 yet
                 he
                 is
                 very
                 vigorous
                 :
                 he
                 is
                 very
                 skilful
                 in
                 the
                 use
                 of
                 the
                 Bow
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Musquet
                 ;
                 he
                 is
                 exceeding
                 generous
                 ,
                 and
                 when
                 he
                 has
                 any
                 War
                 in
                 hand
                 ,
                 lays
                 aside
                 all
                 his
                 pleasures●
                 though
                 he
                 loves
                 them
                 excessively
                 .
                 
                 The
                 knowledge
                 of
                 so
                 much
                 desert
                 did
                 strangely
                 alarm
                 Achmet
                 ,
                 however
                 he
                 resolved
                 to
                 promise
                 the
                 Sultan
                 any
                 thing
                 rather
                 than
                 lose
                 the
                 opportunity
                 of
                 seeing
                 the
                 Princess
                 ,
                 who
                 was
                 as
                 impatient
                 to
                 impart
                 her
                 discontents
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 
                   Grand
                   Signiors
                
                 addresses
                 ,
                 to
                 him
                 .
                 The
                 first
                 moments
                 of
                 their
                 interview
                 (
                 which
                 was
                 in
                 the
                 Gardens
                 of
                 the
                 Seraglio
                 )
                 were
                 taken
                 up
                 with
                 tears
                 of
                 joy
                 to
                 see
                 one
                 another
                 again
                 .
                 The
                 rest
                 of
                 the
                 time
                 was
                 imployed
                 in
                 expressing
                 all
                 that
                 two
                 perfect
                 Lovers
                 could
                 say
                 to
                 one
                 another
                 ,
                 after
                 a
                 long
                 absence
                 .
                 They
                 acquainted
                 one
                 another
                 with
                 the
                 Emperor
                 
                 Mahomet's
                 love
                 ,
                 and
                 contrived
                 what
                 they
                 should
                 do
                 to
                 hide
                 their
                 own
                 :
                 but
                 they
                 could
                 not
                 find
                 any
                 way
                 to
                 be
                 soon
                 happy
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 protect
                 their
                 love
                 from
                 the
                 storm
                 that
                 threatned
                 it
                 in
                 the
                 Seraglio
                 .
                 The
                 Sultans
                 passion
                 was
                 an
                 impediment
                 to
                 their
                 felicity
                 .
                 Achmet
                 was
                 forbid
                 to
                 own
                 that
                 he
                 knew
                 
                 Iohaime's
                 birth
                 ,
                 and
                 she
                 durst
                 not
                 declare
                 that
                 Fatima
                 was
                 not
                 her
                 Mother
                 ;
                 so
                 that
                 they
                 were
                 obliged
                 to
                 keep
                 a
                 secret
                 that
                 contributed
                 to
                 
                 their
                 unhappiness
                 ,
                 They
                 concluded
                 that
                 they
                 ought
                 not
                 to
                 put
                 the
                 
                   Grand
                   Signior
                
                 in
                 despair
                 ,
                 lest
                 they
                 should
                 want
                 a
                 pretence
                 to
                 see
                 one
                 another
                 ;
                 and
                 after
                 a
                 thousand
                 reiterated
                 protestations
                 of
                 inviolable
                 fidelity
                 ,
                 Achmet
                 took
                 his
                 leave
                 of
                 her
                 ,
                 to
                 go
                 and
                 give
                 Mahomet
                 an
                 account
                 of
                 his
                 negotiation
                 ,
                 who
                 waited
                 for
                 his
                 return
                 with
                 all
                 the
                 disquiet
                 of
                 an
                 impatient
                 Lover
                 .
                 He
                 told
                 him
                 that
                 he
                 found
                 more
                 difficulty
                 in
                 perswading
                 his
                 Sister
                 ,
                 than
                 he
                 imagined
                 he
                 should
                 ;
                 and
                 that
                 her
                 fear
                 of
                 displeasing
                 the
                 
                   Sultana
                   Valide
                
                 made
                 her
                 refuse
                 the
                 honor
                 which
                 his
                 Highness
                 offered
                 her
                 ;
                 but
                 that
                 he
                 hoped
                 in
                 time
                 to
                 render
                 her
                 more
                 flexible
                 ,
                 provided
                 he
                 might
                 have
                 the
                 liberty
                 of
                 conversing
                 privately
                 with
                 her
                 sometimes
                 .
                 The
                 Emperor
                 embraced
                 his
                 Favourite
                 ,
                 and
                 promised
                 him
                 his
                 favour
                 on
                 all
                 occasions
                 that
                 might
                 require
                 it
                 .
                 In
                 the
                 mean
                 time
                 Achmet
                 and
                 Iohaime
                 ,
                 who
                 abused
                 the
                 Sultans
                 credulity
                 ,
                 to
                 carry
                 on
                 their
                 love
                 ,
                 had
                 new
                 subjects
                 of
                 complaint
                 ,
                 and
                 were
                 once
                 more
                 forced
                 to
                 suffer
                 the
                 torments
                 which
                 Lovers
                 
                 feel
                 in
                 long
                 absence
                 .
                 
                   Mahomet
                   Coprogli
                
                 sent
                 his
                 Son
                 with
                 a
                 powerful
                 Army
                 against
                 the
                 Bassa
                 of
                 Aleppo
                 ,
                 and
                 Prince
                 
                   Soliman
                   Amurath
                
                 who
                 pretended
                 to
                 be
                 the
                 lawful
                 successor
                 of
                 the
                 Ottoman
                 Empire
                 .
                 This
                 second
                 separation
                 afflicted
                 him
                 more
                 than
                 the
                 first
                 ;
                 he
                 could
                 not
                 resolve
                 to
                 go
                 ,
                 without
                 discovering
                 his
                 passion
                 to
                 his
                 Mother
                 ,
                 and
                 making
                 her
                 promise
                 him
                 that
                 she
                 would
                 assist
                 him
                 ,
                 and
                 oppose
                 Prince
                 
                   Mahomet
                   .
                   Fatima
                
                 perceiving
                 her
                 Sons
                 despair
                 ,
                 promised
                 him
                 all
                 that
                 he
                 desired
                 ,
                 and
                 told
                 him
                 she
                 would
                 endeavour
                 to
                 make
                 him
                 happy
                 ;
                 and
                 that
                 if
                 he
                 would
                 write
                 to
                 the
                 Princess
                 Iohaime
                 ,
                 she
                 would
                 deliver
                 his
                 Letters
                 to
                 her
                 ,
                 and
                 send
                 him
                 her
                 answers
                 :
                 But
                 she
                 required
                 of
                 him
                 that
                 he
                 would
                 trust
                 her
                 to
                 mannage
                 his
                 affairs
                 with
                 the
                 
                   Sultana
                   Valide
                
                 ,
                 lest
                 he
                 should
                 provoke
                 the
                 
                   Grand
                   Signior
                
                 ,
                 who
                 would
                 have
                 reason
                 to
                 be
                 angry
                 ,
                 if
                 he
                 should
                 come
                 to
                 know
                 his
                 falshood
                 .
                 These
                 assurances
                 did
                 a
                 little
                 compose
                 Achmets
                 mind
                 ;
                 he
                 marched
                 against
                 the
                 enemy
                 with
                 more
                 courage
                 ,
                 and
                 fought
                 them
                 so
                 successfully
                 ,
                 that
                 he
                 
                 defeated
                 them
                 ;
                 and
                 he
                 took
                 the
                 new
                 Prince
                 
                   Soliman
                   Amurath
                
                 and
                 the
                 rebellious
                 Bassa
                 prisoners
                 :
                 and
                 his
                 good
                 fortune
                 was
                 such
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 Sophy
                 of
                 Persia
                 ,
                 who
                 intended
                 to
                 besiege
                 Babylon
                 ,
                 being
                 informed
                 that
                 Achmet
                 was
                 coming
                 to
                 its
                 relief
                 ,
                 left
                 his
                 enterprise
                 imperfect
                 .
                 After
                 this
                 expedition
                 he
                 returned
                 glorious
                 ,
                 and
                 triumphant
                 to
                 Constantinople
                 ,
                 where
                 all
                 the
                 applause
                 that
                 he
                 met
                 with
                 ,
                 did
                 not
                 please
                 him
                 so
                 much
                 as
                 the
                 hope
                 of
                 seeing
                 his
                 Princess
                 .
                 But
                 this
                 joy
                 lasted
                 not
                 long
                 ;
                 for
                 fate
                 envying
                 his
                 felicity
                 ,
                 soon
                 put
                 an
                 end
                 to
                 it
                 :
                 he
                 hoped
                 to
                 have
                 laid
                 all
                 those
                 Laurels
                 which
                 love
                 had
                 animated
                 him
                 to
                 win
                 ,
                 at
                 the
                 feet
                 of
                 Iohaime
                 :
                 but
                 the
                 
                   Sultana
                   Valide
                
                 apprehending
                 the
                 consequences
                 of
                 her
                 Son
                 Mahomets
                 passion
                 for
                 Iohaime
                 ,
                 to
                 keep
                 him
                 from
                 seeing
                 her
                 ,
                 had
                 confined
                 her
                 to
                 a
                 secret
                 apartment
                 ,
                 pretending
                 that
                 she
                 was
                 sick
                 ,
                 and
                 was
                 to
                 bathe
                 her self
                 privately
                 .
                 The
                 sorrow
                 and
                 melancholy
                 that
                 appeared
                 in
                 
                 Iohaime's
                 countenance
                 ,
                 made
                 her
                 pretended
                 sickness
                 probable
                 enough
                 .
                 The
                 report
                 of
                 her
                 being
                 
                 sick
                 ,
                 soon
                 spread
                 abroad
                 ,
                 and
                 Achmet
                 heard
                 it
                 before
                 his
                 Mother
                 could
                 have
                 time
                 to
                 disabuse
                 him
                 ,
                 by
                 telling
                 him
                 the
                 true
                 cause
                 of
                 her
                 feigned
                 indisposition
                 .
                 She
                 loved
                 her
                 Son
                 too
                 well
                 to
                 let
                 him
                 continue
                 in
                 his
                 mistake
                 ,
                 believing
                 that
                 since
                 she
                 had
                 discovered
                 more
                 important
                 secrets
                 to
                 him
                 ,
                 she
                 ought
                 not
                 to
                 let
                 him
                 be
                 ignorant
                 that
                 nothing
                 troubled
                 Iohaime
                 but
                 his
                 absence
                 .
                 By
                 this
                 means
                 she
                 comforted
                 him
                 a
                 little
                 ,
                 but
                 could
                 not
                 quite
                 cure
                 him
                 of
                 the
                 melancholy
                 which
                 the
                 impossibility
                 of
                 seeing
                 his
                 Princess
                 put
                 him
                 into
                 .
                 In
                 the
                 mean
                 while
                 the
                 
                   Sultana
                   Valide
                
                 endeavoured
                 to
                 take
                 off
                 the
                 Sultans
                 thoughts
                 from
                 Iohaime
                 ,
                 by
                 making
                 him
                 fall
                 in
                 love
                 with
                 some
                 other
                 beauty
                 .
                 She
                 found
                 none
                 so
                 capable
                 of
                 ingaging
                 him
                 as
                 a
                 young
                 Candiot
                 ,
                 named
                 Eugenia
                 .
                 She
                 was
                 a
                 Greek
                 ,
                 and
                 a
                 Christian
                 ,
                 and
                 was
                 born
                 at
                 Retimo
                 a
                 Town
                 in
                 Candia
                 ,
                 from
                 whence
                 she
                 was
                 taken
                 away
                 very
                 young
                 ,
                 and
                 made
                 a
                 Slave
                 ,
                 when
                 the
                 Turks
                 made
                 their
                 first
                 descent
                 upon
                 that
                 Island
                 ,
                 and
                 took
                 ,
                 and
                 sacked
                 Retimo
                 in
                 the
                 reign
                 of
                 Ibrahim
                 .
                 She
                 changed
                 her
                 
                 name
                 into
                 that
                 of
                 Zachi
                 ,
                 which
                 signifies
                 dear
                 ,
                 or
                 favourite
                 ,
                 in
                 respect
                 of
                 her
                 beauty
                 ,
                 which
                 gave
                 place
                 to
                 none
                 .
                 Her
                 stature
                 was
                 moderate
                 ,
                 but
                 so
                 just
                 ,
                 that
                 it
                 could
                 not
                 be
                 higher
                 or
                 lower
                 ,
                 without
                 losing
                 some
                 of
                 its
                 grace
                 :
                 her
                 complexion
                 was
                 admirably
                 white
                 and
                 smooth
                 :
                 her
                 eyes
                 were
                 so
                 lively
                 and
                 sparkling
                 that
                 one
                 could
                 not
                 discern
                 their
                 colour
                 :
                 her
                 mouth
                 and
                 teeth
                 incomparable
                 :
                 her
                 hair
                 of
                 the
                 finest
                 black
                 that
                 was
                 ever
                 seen
                 :
                 her
                 neck
                 and
                 arms
                 as
                 one
                 would
                 wish
                 them
                 :
                 her
                 min
                 and
                 behaviour
                 were
                 so
                 agreeable
                 ,
                 that
                 it
                 was
                 impossible
                 for
                 
                   Sultan
                   Mahomet
                
                 ,
                 notwithstanding
                 all
                 the
                 pre-possession
                 of
                 his
                 soul
                 ,
                 not
                 to
                 yield
                 to
                 so
                 many
                 charms
                 .
                 He
                 found
                 Zachi
                 so
                 handsome
                 and
                 so
                 witty
                 ,
                 that
                 he
                 could
                 not
                 keep
                 himself
                 from
                 showing
                 that
                 Iohaime
                 had
                 not
                 so
                 much
                 inslaved
                 him
                 ,
                 as
                 to
                 hinder
                 her
                 from
                 having
                 some
                 influence
                 on
                 him
                 .
                 Eugenia
                 was
                 strictly
                 charged
                 by
                 the
                 
                   Sultana
                   Valide
                
                 to
                 neglect
                 nothing
                 that
                 might
                 ingage
                 the
                 
                   Grand
                   Signior
                
                 to
                 love
                 her
                 ;
                 but
                 the
                 Sultans
                 own
                 merit
                 ,
                 and
                 good
                 qualities
                 prevailed
                 more
                 
                 with
                 her
                 than
                 this
                 command
                 .
                 So
                 accomplished
                 a
                 beauty
                 as
                 Zachi
                 finds
                 no
                 great
                 difficulty
                 in
                 the
                 conquest
                 of
                 so
                 tender
                 a
                 heart
                 as
                 the
                 
                   Grand
                   Signiors
                
                 .
                 With
                 this
                 new
                 Mistress
                 he
                 diverted
                 the
                 melancholy
                 that
                 
                 Iohaime's
                 sickness
                 had
                 caused
                 :
                 but
                 unhappy
                 Achmet
                 ,
                 who
                 could
                 love
                 none
                 but
                 his
                 Princess
                 ,
                 grieved
                 almost
                 to
                 death
                 that
                 he
                 did
                 not
                 see
                 her
                 :
                 and
                 to
                 increase
                 his
                 sorrow
                 ,
                 the
                 
                   Grand
                   Visier
                
                 his
                 Father
                 ,
                 who
                 thought
                 of
                 nothing
                 but
                 the
                 good
                 of
                 the
                 State
                 ,
                 and
                 of
                 making
                 his
                 Son
                 capable
                 of
                 being
                 hereafter
                 necessary
                 to
                 his
                 Master
                 ,
                 without
                 reflecting
                 on
                 Achmets
                 amours
                 ,
                 or
                 giving
                 him
                 time
                 to
                 contrive
                 any
                 thing
                 ,
                 sent
                 him
                 into
                 Dalmatia
                 ,
                 to
                 make
                 War
                 on
                 the
                 Venetians
                 ,
                 who
                 were
                 at
                 the
                 same
                 time
                 invaded
                 in
                 Candia
                 .
                 His
                 obedience
                 to
                 his
                 Father
                 ,
                 and
                 his
                 own
                 glory
                 ,
                 obliged
                 him
                 to
                 sacrifice
                 his
                 Love
                 to
                 his
                 Duty
                 :
                 therefore
                 he
                 went
                 away
                 without
                 any
                 other
                 comfort
                 ,
                 than
                 that
                 of
                 writing
                 a
                 Letter
                 to
                 his
                 Princess
                 .
                 His
                 Mother
                 promised
                 him
                 to
                 deliver
                 it
                 into
                 her
                 own
                 hand
                 .
                 Without
                 staying
                 for
                 an
                 answer
                 he
                 went
                 to
                 besiege
                 Clissa
                 ,
                 where
                 ,
                 
                 as
                 I
                 have
                 already
                 told
                 you
                 ,
                 he
                 behaved
                 himself
                 with
                 extraordinary
                 courage
                 .
                 Fatima
                 was
                 not
                 very
                 punctual
                 in
                 delivering
                 her
                 Sons
                 Letter
                 ,
                 but
                 at
                 last
                 she
                 sent
                 it
                 to
                 Iohaime
                 ,
                 who
                 found
                 it
                 to
                 this
                 purpose
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Fate
                   ,
                   the
                   enemy
                   of
                   my
                   joy
                   ,
                   and
                   repose
                   ,
                   hinders
                   me
                   from
                   seeing
                   you
                   ,
                   my
                   Princess
                   ,
                   and
                   I
                   go
                   a
                   great
                   way
                   off
                   from
                   you
                   ,
                   to
                   seek
                   death
                   ,
                   which
                   alone
                   can
                   put
                   an
                   end
                   to
                   my
                   pains
                   :
                   my
                   duty
                   takes
                   me
                   against
                   my
                   will
                   from
                   the
                   place
                   where
                   my
                   love
                   would
                   detain
                   me
                   .
                   I
                   know
                   not
                   at
                   my
                   departure
                   what
                   your
                   thoughts
                   are
                   ;
                   but
                   if
                   you
                   continue
                   the
                   same
                   to
                   me
                   ,
                   I
                   presently
                   know
                   what
                   I
                   ought
                   to
                   be
                   .
                
              
               
                 Iohaime
                 received
                 this
                 Letter
                 with
                 such
                 sorrow
                 ,
                 as
                 is
                 easier
                 to
                 imagine
                 than
                 express
                 ;
                 she
                 could
                 not
                 restrain
                 her
                 complaints
                 and
                 tears
                 from
                 breaking
                 out
                 ,
                 just
                 when
                 the
                 Sultan
                 passed
                 under
                 the
                 window
                 where
                 she
                 was
                 ,
                 not
                 knowing
                 that
                 she
                 was
                 in
                 this
                 Apartment
                 ,
                 which
                 in
                 a
                 very
                 remote
                 quarter
                 looks
                 into
                 the
                 
                 Sultana's
                 Garden
                 .
                 He
                 was
                 wholly
                 taken
                 up
                 with
                 his
                 new
                 
                 passion
                 ,
                 which
                 led
                 him
                 to
                 Eugenia
                 .
                 The
                 Princess
                 blinded
                 ,
                 with
                 her
                 tears
                 ,
                 did
                 not
                 see
                 him
                 ,
                 but
                 the
                 
                   Grand
                   Signior
                
                 hearing
                 some
                 body
                 sigh
                 ,
                 looked
                 up
                 ,
                 and
                 discovered
                 Iohaime
                 .
                 This
                 sight
                 both
                 moved
                 his
                 compassion
                 ,
                 and
                 surprized
                 him
                 to
                 see
                 her
                 there
                 whom
                 he
                 believed
                 to
                 be
                 at
                 the
                 
                 Sultana's
                 private
                 baths
                 ,
                 whither
                 no
                 man
                 ,
                 not
                 so
                 much
                 as
                 the
                 Sultan
                 himself
                 ever
                 comes
                 .
                 His
                 flame
                 which
                 was
                 not
                 quite
                 extinguished
                 ,
                 was
                 presently
                 kindled
                 again
                 with
                 more
                 heat
                 than
                 before
                 ;
                 and
                 forgetting
                 his
                 design
                 of
                 visiting
                 fair
                 Zachi
                 ,
                 he
                 endeavoured
                 to
                 learn
                 of
                 Iohaime
                 the
                 cause
                 of
                 her
                 sorrow
                 ,
                 and
                 why
                 she
                 was
                 lodged
                 in
                 so
                 solitary
                 a
                 place
                 .
                 She
                 wondering
                 to
                 hear
                 her self
                 named
                 ,
                 and
                 knowing
                 the
                 Sultans
                 voice
                 ,
                 notwithstanding
                 all
                 that
                 he
                 could
                 urge
                 to
                 her
                 ,
                 retired
                 from
                 the
                 window
                 without
                 speaking
                 to
                 him
                 .
                 This
                 behaviour
                 of
                 hers
                 so
                 raised
                 Mahomets
                 curiosity
                 ,
                 that
                 he
                 ran
                 to
                 the
                 
                   Sultana
                   Valide's
                
                 Apartment
                 ,
                 and
                 very
                 furiously
                 asked
                 her
                 where
                 Iohaime
                 was
                 ,
                 saying
                 he
                 would
                 see
                 her
                 immediately
                 .
                 The
                 Sultana
                 taking
                 notice
                 
                 of
                 her
                 Sons
                 disorder
                 ,
                 and
                 vehemence
                 ,
                 answered
                 him
                 very
                 calmly
                 ,
                 that
                 he
                 might
                 be
                 easily
                 satisfied
                 ;
                 and
                 adding
                 flattery
                 to
                 this
                 assurance
                 ,
                 desired
                 him
                 to
                 tell
                 her
                 ,
                 whence
                 his
                 suddain
                 curiosity
                 proceeded
                 .
                 The
                 Prince
                 who
                 loved
                 and
                 respected
                 his
                 Mother
                 extremely
                 ,
                 being
                 a
                 little
                 appeased
                 ,
                 related
                 to
                 her
                 what
                 had
                 hapned
                 to
                 him
                 .
                 The
                 Sultana
                 was
                 much
                 surprized
                 at
                 this
                 adventure
                 ,
                 not
                 being
                 able
                 to
                 guess
                 at
                 the
                 cause
                 of
                 Iohaime's
                 affliction
                 :
                 but
                 it
                 was
                 necessary
                 to
                 satisfie
                 the
                 
                   Grand
                   Signior
                
                 ,
                 who
                 challenged
                 her
                 promise
                 ,
                 and
                 would
                 needs
                 know
                 why
                 Iohaime
                 was
                 removed
                 under
                 pretence
                 of
                 sickness
                 .
                 This
                 question
                 strangely
                 perplexed
                 the
                 Sultana
                 ,
                 who
                 now
                 saw
                 the
                 secret
                 ,
                 which
                 she
                 had
                 particular
                 reasons
                 to
                 conceal
                 ,
                 in
                 danger
                 of
                 being
                 discovered
                 :
                 but
                 at
                 last
                 she
                 told
                 him
                 ,
                 that
                 being
                 informed
                 of
                 his
                 love
                 to
                 Iohaime
                 ,
                 who
                 for
                 some
                 reasons
                 which
                 she
                 conjur'd
                 him
                 not
                 to
                 inquire
                 farther
                 into
                 at
                 present
                 ,
                 could
                 not
                 possibly
                 come
                 to
                 be
                 Sultana
                 ;
                 she
                 had
                 removed
                 her
                 in
                 hopes
                 of
                 abating
                 his
                 passion
                 by
                 her
                 absence
                 ,
                 and
                 engaging
                 him
                 somewhere
                 
                 else
                 :
                 but
                 since
                 her
                 caution
                 proved
                 to
                 no
                 purpose
                 ,
                 he
                 might
                 see
                 her
                 if
                 he
                 pleased
                 ;
                 and
                 that
                 she
                 believed
                 when
                 he
                 once
                 knew
                 the
                 obstacles
                 of
                 his
                 love
                 ,
                 he
                 would
                 continue
                 it
                 no
                 longer
                 .
                 Then
                 she
                 gave
                 him
                 her
                 hand
                 ,
                 and
                 bid
                 him
                 lead
                 her
                 to
                 Iohaime's
                 Chamber
                 ,
                 who
                 was
                 in
                 such
                 confusion
                 ,
                 that
                 she
                 never
                 thought
                 of
                 hiding
                 
                 Achmet's
                 Letter
                 .
                 The
                 Sultan
                 seeing
                 it
                 on
                 a
                 cushion
                 ,
                 snatched
                 it
                 up
                 ,
                 and
                 having
                 read
                 it
                 ,
                 he
                 turned
                 briskly
                 to
                 the
                 
                   Sultana
                   Valide
                
                 ,
                 with
                 his
                 eyes
                 sparkling
                 with
                 anger
                 ,
                 and
                 jealousie
                 :
                 
                   Well
                   Madam
                   ,
                   said
                   he
                   ,
                   was
                   it
                   perfidious
                   Achmets
                   love
                   then
                   ,
                   that
                   was
                   the
                   invincible
                   obstacle
                   of
                   my
                   passion
                   ?
                   do
                   you
                   betray
                   me
                   to
                   favour
                   the
                   
                     Grand
                     Visiers
                  
                   Son
                   ,
                   who
                   by
                   abusing
                   my
                   goodness
                   ,
                   kept
                   a
                   correspondence
                   with
                   her
                   whom
                   I
                   always
                   took
                   to
                   be
                   his
                   Sister
                   ?
                   And
                   you
                   ,
                   ingrateful
                   woman
                   ,
                
                 continued
                 he
                 ,
                 addressing
                 himself
                 to
                 Iohaime
                 ,
                 
                   Could
                   the
                   love
                   of
                   a
                   Slave
                   make
                   you
                   so
                   firm
                   ,
                   and
                   constant
                   in
                   your
                   denials
                   to
                   me
                   ?
                   but
                   I
                   know
                   how
                   to
                   be
                   revenged
                   on
                   your
                   contempt
                   ,
                   and
                   the
                   treachery
                   of
                   
                   your
                   base
                   lover
                   .
                
                 Then
                 fury
                 and
                 grief
                 not
                 suffering
                 him
                 to
                 say
                 any
                 more
                 ,
                 he
                 would
                 have
                 gone
                 away
                 from
                 them
                 to
                 have
                 satisfied
                 his
                 rage
                 by
                 some
                 cruel
                 action
                 or
                 other
                 ,
                 when
                 the
                 
                   Sultana
                   Valide
                
                 who
                 was
                 astonished
                 at
                 the
                 discovery
                 of
                 the
                 intrigue
                 between
                 Achmet
                 and
                 Iohaime
                 ,
                 immediately
                 reflected
                 that
                 it
                 was
                 necessary
                 to
                 disabuse
                 the
                 Sultan
                 ,
                 and
                 prevent
                 his
                 resentment
                 of
                 the
                 deceit
                 that
                 had
                 been
                 put
                 upon
                 him
                 .
                 She
                 staid
                 him
                 by
                 the
                 arm
                 ,
                 and
                 with
                 tears
                 in
                 her
                 eyes
                 desired
                 him
                 to
                 hear
                 her
                 .
                 Then
                 she
                 told
                 him
                 that
                 Iohaime
                 was
                 his
                 Sister
                 ,
                 and
                 why
                 she
                 had
                 concealed
                 it
                 from
                 him
                 ;
                 conjuring
                 him
                 to
                 own
                 her
                 and
                 love
                 her
                 as
                 he
                 ought
                 to
                 do
                 .
                 Anger
                 and
                 jealousie
                 now
                 gave
                 place
                 to
                 reason
                 ,
                 and
                 tenderness
                 ;
                 and
                 nature
                 spake
                 more
                 in
                 Iohaime's
                 behalf
                 ,
                 than
                 all
                 that
                 her
                 Mother
                 could
                 say
                 .
                 He
                 immediately
                 relented
                 ,
                 and
                 wondered
                 he
                 had
                 not
                 sooner
                 found
                 out
                 the
                 meaning
                 of
                 those
                 secret
                 agitations
                 that
                 were
                 caused
                 by
                 nearness
                 of
                 blood
                 .
                 He
                 embraced
                 his
                 Mother
                 ,
                 and
                 his
                 Sister
                 ,
                 giving
                 marks
                 of
                 a
                 most
                 pure
                 and
                 violent
                 inclination
                 ,
                 
                 and
                 a
                 very
                 particular
                 esteem
                 of
                 her
                 virtue
                 .
                 He
                 promised
                 her
                 that
                 since
                 she
                 loved
                 the
                 Visier
                 Azem's
                 Son
                 ,
                 he
                 would
                 not
                 hinder
                 their
                 happiness
                 :
                 and
                 from
                 thenceforwards
                 he
                 addressed
                 himself
                 more
                 assiduously
                 to
                 fair
                 Zachi
                 who
                 was
                 owned
                 as
                 Sultana
                 ,
                 as
                 soon
                 as
                 she
                 was
                 perceived
                 to
                 be
                 with
                 Child
                 .
                 He
                 loved
                 this
                 Princess
                 so
                 tenderly
                 ,
                 and
                 respectfully
                 ,
                 that
                 he
                 has
                 always
                 contrived
                 his
                 secret
                 intrigues
                 ,
                 to
                 which
                 he
                 is
                 much
                 inclined
                 ,
                 with
                 such
                 caution
                 ,
                 as
                 to
                 avoid
                 giving
                 her
                 any
                 cause
                 to
                 be
                 jealous
                 .
              
               
                 In
                 the
                 mean
                 time
                 valiant
                 Achmet
                 hazarded
                 his
                 life
                 against
                 the
                 Venetians
                 ,
                 at
                 the
                 Siege
                 of
                 Clissa
                 ,
                 the
                 Capital
                 City
                 of
                 Dalmatia
                 ;
                 from
                 whence
                 the
                 Ottoman
                 Army
                 was
                 forced
                 to
                 retire
                 :
                 which
                 afforded
                 him
                 leisure
                 to
                 return
                 to
                 Constantinople
                 .
                 He
                 knew
                 nothing
                 of
                 what
                 had
                 hapned
                 in
                 the
                 Seraglio
                 ,
                 in
                 his
                 absence
                 ,
                 because
                 the
                 
                   Grand
                   Signior
                
                 having
                 a
                 mind
                 to
                 surprize
                 him
                 presently
                 at
                 his
                 return
                 ,
                 had
                 charged
                 Fatima
                 not
                 to
                 send
                 him
                 word
                 of
                 any
                 thing
                 .
                 When
                 Achmet
                 came
                 to
                 wait
                 on
                 him
                 ,
                 he
                 received
                 him
                 with
                 open
                 
                 arms
                 ,
                 and
                 looking
                 more
                 chearfully
                 than
                 he
                 was
                 wont
                 ;
                 after
                 he
                 had
                 asked
                 him
                 some
                 questions
                 about
                 the
                 War
                 ,
                 he
                 took
                 him
                 aside
                 ,
                 to
                 tell
                 him
                 that
                 he
                 was
                 not
                 only
                 obliged
                 to
                 him
                 for
                 his
                 diligence
                 in
                 serving
                 him
                 ,
                 and
                 exposing
                 his
                 life
                 for
                 his
                 glory
                 ;
                 but
                 that
                 he
                 was
                 more
                 particularly
                 beholden
                 to
                 him
                 for
                 the
                 good
                 offices
                 he
                 had
                 done
                 him
                 in
                 his
                 love
                 ,
                 which
                 had
                 succeeded
                 according
                 to
                 his
                 wishes
                 :
                 for
                 at
                 last
                 ,
                 dear
                 Achmet
                 ,
                 continued
                 he
                 ,
                 I
                 am
                 conqueror
                 ;
                 your
                 Sister
                 Iohaime
                 is
                 no
                 more
                 cruel
                 to
                 me
                 ,
                 and
                 I
                 enjoy
                 those
                 delights
                 in
                 her
                 that
                 make
                 me
                 perfectly
                 happy
                 .
                 He
                 accompanied
                 this
                 discourse
                 with
                 such
                 transports
                 of
                 joy
                 ,
                 that
                 unfortunate
                 Achmet
                 believed
                 him
                 .
                 His
                 colour
                 changed
                 ,
                 and
                 his
                 heart
                 was
                 quite
                 overcome
                 with
                 grief
                 :
                 all
                 the
                 respect
                 he
                 had
                 for
                 the
                 Emperor
                 could
                 not
                 hinder
                 him
                 from
                 yielding
                 to
                 his
                 infirmity
                 ;
                 and
                 his
                 strength
                 failed
                 him
                 so
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 Sultan
                 seeing
                 him
                 ready
                 to
                 sink
                 down
                 ,
                 was
                 afraid
                 he
                 would
                 have
                 died
                 upon
                 the
                 place
                 :
                 when
                 ,
                 not
                 to
                 torment
                 him
                 any
                 longer
                 ,
                 
                   Can
                   You
                   Achmet
                   ,
                   said
                   he
                   ,
                   holding
                   him
                   up
                   ,
                   
                   faint
                   away
                   ,
                   when
                   the
                   time
                   you
                   have
                   so
                   ardently
                   wished
                   for
                   is
                   arrived
                   ?
                   the
                   Princess
                   Iohaime
                   is
                   still
                   faithful
                   to
                   you
                   ,
                   and
                   may
                   yet
                   before
                   night
                   ,
                   assure
                   you
                   her self
                   that
                   she
                   loves
                   you
                   more
                   than
                   ever
                   .
                
                 Nothing
                 less
                 than
                 this
                 could
                 have
                 recalled
                 amorous
                 Achmet
                 from
                 death
                 .
                 But
                 he
                 was
                 in
                 doubt
                 still
                 whether
                 he
                 should
                 believe
                 the
                 
                   Grand
                   Signior
                
                 ;
                 he
                 could
                 not
                 flatter
                 himself
                 with
                 such
                 hopes
                 ,
                 or
                 imagine
                 which
                 way
                 such
                 a
                 change
                 should
                 happen
                 .
                 The
                 Sultan
                 soon
                 convinced
                 him
                 by
                 expressing
                 himself
                 more
                 clearly
                 :
                 he
                 told
                 him
                 how
                 he
                 found
                 out
                 the
                 secret
                 of
                 his
                 love
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 mystery
                 of
                 his
                 Sisters
                 birth
                 ,
                 which
                 had
                 been
                 so
                 long
                 concealed
                 from
                 him
                 ;
                 and
                 without
                 any
                 more
                 delay
                 ,
                 that
                 very
                 night
                 concluded
                 the
                 marriage
                 between
                 Achmet
                 and
                 Iohaime
                 .
                 He
                 sent
                 to
                 acquaint
                 the
                 
                   Grand
                   Visier
                
                 with
                 it
                 ,
                 and
                 celebrated
                 his
                 Favourites
                 marriage
                 with
                 extraordinary
                 magnificence
                 .
                 Thus
                 were
                 these
                 two
                 Lovers
                 rendred
                 happy
                 ,
                 and
                 for
                 many
                 years
                 tasted
                 the
                 sweets
                 of
                 a
                 consummate
                 love
                 .
              
               
                 This
                 alliance
                 which
                 according
                 to
                 
                 the
                 maxims
                 of
                 the
                 Ottoman
                 Emperors
                 ,
                 ought
                 to
                 have
                 removed
                 
                   Achmet
                   Coprogli
                
                 from
                 the
                 supreme
                 Ministry
                 ,
                 by
                 an
                 extraordinary
                 event
                 proved
                 the
                 motive
                 ,
                 that
                 obliged
                 the
                 
                   Grand
                   Signior
                
                 to
                 slight
                 the
                 policy
                 of
                 his
                 Predecessors
                 ,
                 who
                 rather
                 chose
                 to
                 marry
                 their
                 Daughters
                 and
                 Sisters
                 to
                 simple
                 
                 Bassa's
                 ,
                 than
                 to
                 their
                 
                   Grand
                   Visiers
                
                 ,
                 lest
                 they
                 should
                 make
                 use
                 of
                 that
                 honour
                 in
                 the
                 frequent
                 Seditions
                 that
                 molest
                 their
                 Empire
                 ;
                 and
                 secretly
                 contrive
                 the
                 destruction
                 of
                 the
                 Males
                 of
                 the
                 Imperial
                 Family
                 ,
                 that
                 by
                 their
                 alliance
                 they
                 may
                 have
                 right
                 to
                 pretend
                 to
                 the
                 Crown
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Emperor
                 Mahomet
                 by
                 conferring
                 the
                 charge
                 of
                 
                   Visier
                   Azem
                
                 on
                 his
                 Brother-in-law
                 ,
                 shewed
                 that
                 a
                 Prince
                 ought
                 not
                 to
                 be
                 a
                 slave
                 to
                 Policy
                 ;
                 that
                 he
                 is
                 above
                 Laws
                 and
                 Customs
                 ;
                 that
                 he
                 should
                 not
                 submit
                 to
                 them
                 any
                 farther
                 then
                 he
                 finds
                 them
                 advantagious
                 to
                 his
                 State
                 and
                 Glory
                 ;
                 and
                 that
                 he
                 is
                 always
                 at
                 liberty
                 to
                 reform
                 them
                 ,
                 or
                 establish
                 new
                 ones
                 ,
                 when
                 there
                 is
                 occasion
                 ,
                 or
                 necessity
                 requires
                 it
                 .
                 He
                 could
                 not
                 have
                 made
                 a
                 better
                 choice
                 
                 to
                 supply
                 the
                 first
                 charge
                 of
                 his
                 Empire
                 ;
                 and
                 though
                 he
                 did
                 not
                 find
                 as
                 much
                 experience
                 in
                 
                   Achmet
                   Coprogli
                
                 ,
                 as
                 in
                 his
                 Father
                 ,
                 at
                 least
                 he
                 met
                 with
                 the
                 same
                 zeal
                 for
                 his
                 service
                 ,
                 the
                 same
                 courage
                 in
                 the
                 highest
                 undertakings
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 same
                 genius
                 and
                 resolution
                 in
                 the
                 greatest
                 affairs
                 .
              
               
                 As
                 soon
                 as
                 Achmet
                 was
                 invested
                 in
                 his
                 new
                 Dignity
                 ,
                 he
                 shewed
                 the
                 greatness
                 of
                 his
                 soul
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 strength
                 of
                 his
                 wit
                 ;
                 for
                 as
                 young
                 as
                 he
                 was
                 ,
                 he
                 was
                 no
                 more
                 surprized
                 ,
                 or
                 confused
                 in
                 this
                 place
                 ;
                 the
                 burthen
                 of
                 which
                 so
                 few
                 Subjects
                 are
                 vigorous
                 enough
                 to
                 support
                 ,
                 than
                 if
                 he
                 had
                 the
                 experience
                 of
                 the
                 ablest
                 Politicians
                 ,
                 and
                 greatest
                 Statesmen
                 .
                 He
                 followed
                 his
                 Fathers
                 foot-steps
                 so
                 exactly
                 ,
                 that
                 no
                 body
                 could
                 perceive
                 any
                 other
                 change
                 in
                 the
                 administration
                 ,
                 than
                 that
                 it
                 descended
                 from
                 the
                 Father
                 to
                 the
                 Son
                 ;
                 and
                 that
                 one
                 was
                 as
                 expert
                 as
                 the
                 other
                 ,
                 who
                 was
                 the
                 greatest
                 ,
                 and
                 most
                 judicious
                 Minister
                 that
                 ever
                 managed
                 the
                 affairs
                 of
                 the
                 Ottoman
                 Empire
                 .
              
               
                 This
                 young
                 Minister
                 therefore
                 imitating
                 
                 his
                 Father
                 
                   Mahomet
                   Coprogli
                
                 ,
                 acted
                 every
                 thing
                 with
                 wonderful
                 prudence
                 ;
                 he
                 at
                 first
                 accustomed
                 him self
                 never
                 to
                 let
                 either
                 Malice
                 ,
                 Melancholy
                 ,
                 Anger
                 ,
                 or
                 Haste
                 ,
                 which
                 are
                 the
                 four
                 dangerous
                 shelves
                 of
                 ready
                 and
                 and
                 subtil
                 wits
                 ,
                 to
                 have
                 any
                 influence
                 on
                 his
                 resolution
                 .
                 He
                 is
                 always
                 methodical
                 in
                 his
                 discourse
                 ,
                 judicious
                 in
                 what
                 he
                 writes
                 ,
                 sincere
                 in
                 his
                 proceeding
                 ,
                 punctual
                 in
                 his
                 promises
                 ,
                 secret
                 in
                 his
                 orders
                 ,
                 quick
                 ,
                 and
                 ready
                 to
                 engage
                 ,
                 and
                 very
                 constant
                 in
                 his
                 resolutions
                 .
                 His
                 good
                 qualities
                 made
                 the
                 other
                 Visiers
                 and
                 Bassa's
                 of
                 the
                 Divan
                 jealous
                 of
                 him
                 ,
                 who
                 could
                 not
                 endure
                 that
                 a
                 young
                 man
                 should
                 be
                 preferred
                 before
                 them
                 ,
                 whom
                 they
                 were
                 obliged
                 to
                 own
                 as
                 their
                 Superior
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 submit
                 their
                 opinion
                 to
                 his
                 .
                 The
                 most
                 powerful
                 and
                 discontented
                 of
                 those
                 who
                 pretended
                 to
                 the
                 Dignity
                 of
                 
                   Grand
                   Visier
                
                 was
                 
                   Rustan
                   Bey
                   ,
                   Bassa
                
                 of
                 Babylon
                 .
                 He
                 had
                 great
                 intrigues
                 at
                 the
                 Port
                 ,
                 and
                 abundance
                 of
                 Creatures
                 among
                 the
                 Spahies
                 and
                 Ianizaries
                 that
                 were
                 at
                 Constantinople
                 ,
                 whither
                 the
                 Sultan
                 was
                 not
                 returned
                 since
                 the
                 
                 death
                 of
                 the
                 
                   Visier
                   Azem
                
                 .
                 He
                 engaged
                 them
                 underhand
                 to
                 mutiny
                 ,
                 and
                 endeavour
                 by
                 threats
                 to
                 oblige
                 the
                 
                   Grand
                   Signior
                
                 to
                 name
                 another
                 
                   Grand
                   Visier
                
                 ;
                 but
                 the
                 Emperor
                 as
                 soon
                 as
                 he
                 was
                 out
                 of
                 his
                 minority
                 ,
                 made
                 himself
                 absolute
                 among
                 them
                 ;
                 and
                 after
                 the
                 example
                 of
                 
                   Sultan
                   Amurath
                
                 his
                 Unkle
                 ,
                 often
                 came
                 abroad
                 to
                 see
                 them
                 exercise
                 .
                 By
                 this
                 means
                 he
                 shewed
                 that
                 he
                 had
                 more
                 courage
                 ,
                 and
                 resolution
                 than
                 his
                 male-content
                 Subjects
                 were
                 willing
                 to
                 allow
                 him
                 ;
                 and
                 that
                 the
                 
                   Sultana
                   Valide
                
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 
                   Visier
                   Mahomet
                   Coprogli
                
                 had
                 given
                 him
                 a
                 more
                 heroick
                 education
                 than
                 any
                 Ottoman
                 Prince
                 ever
                 had
                 before
                 him
                 .
                 That
                 great
                 and
                 faithful
                 Minister
                 taught
                 him
                 to
                 behave
                 himself
                 like
                 an
                 Emperor
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 make
                 use
                 of
                 his
                 Sovereign
                 power
                 .
                 The
                 Sultan
                 therefore
                 had
                 a
                 mind
                 to
                 practise
                 his
                 lessons
                 ,
                 and
                 imploy
                 his
                 policy
                 in
                 maintaining
                 the
                 choice
                 he
                 had
                 made
                 of
                 his
                 Son
                 to
                 succeed
                 him
                 in
                 his
                 charge
                 ,
                 and
                 keeping
                 the
                 mutineers
                 in
                 order
                 .
                 He
                 was
                 not
                 ignorant
                 of
                 the
                 mischievous
                 consequences
                 of
                 Seditions
                 ;
                 and
                 that
                 it
                 is
                 difficult
                 to
                 appease
                 them
                 ,
                 when
                 
                 the
                 people
                 and
                 the
                 Militia
                 are
                 united
                 in
                 a
                 Rebellion
                 .
                 He
                 concluded
                 with
                 the
                 
                   Grand
                   Visier
                
                 that
                 it
                 was
                 necessary
                 to
                 gain
                 the
                 chief
                 leaders
                 of
                 the
                 Spahoes
                 ,
                 by
                 distributing
                 mony
                 among
                 them
                 ,
                 to
                 oblige
                 them
                 to
                 withdraw
                 their
                 Troops
                 from
                 the
                 Ianizaries
                 faction
                 .
                 These
                 two
                 sorts
                 of
                 Militia
                 ,
                 as
                 we
                 have
                 elsewhere
                 mentioned
                 ,
                 have
                 been
                 always
                 opposed
                 to
                 one
                 another
                 ;
                 nor
                 was
                 it
                 difficult
                 to
                 divide
                 them
                 .
                 The
                 Spahies
                 being
                 appeased
                 by
                 the
                 
                   Visier
                   Azems
                
                 liberality
                 ,
                 not
                 only
                 laid
                 down
                 their
                 Arms
                 ,
                 but
                 promised
                 also
                 to
                 resist
                 the
                 Ianizaries
                 attempts
                 ;
                 who
                 on
                 the
                 other
                 side
                 fearing
                 the
                 
                   Grand
                   Signiors
                
                 menaces
                 ,
                 and
                 hoping
                 to
                 be
                 as
                 well
                 rewarded
                 as
                 the
                 Spahies
                 ,
                 if
                 they
                 returned
                 to
                 their
                 duty
                 ,
                 declared
                 that
                 they
                 were
                 ready
                 to
                 punish
                 those
                 that
                 were
                 guilty
                 ,
                 This
                 submission
                 caused
                 the
                 Sultan
                 immediately
                 to
                 leave
                 Adrianople
                 ,
                 to
                 come
                 and
                 quiet
                 the
                 trouble
                 at
                 Constantinople
                 ,
                 by
                 taking
                 advantage
                 of
                 the
                 Spahies
                 zeal
                 to
                 suppress
                 the
                 seditious
                 .
                 He
                 assembled
                 the
                 Divan
                 ,
                 whither
                 he
                 came
                 himself
                 with
                 all
                 the
                 Bassa's
                 and
                 Officers
                 of
                 the
                 Port
                 ,
                 and
                 
                 the
                 principal
                 of
                 the
                 City
                 ;
                 and
                 with
                 some
                 sharpness
                 told
                 them
                 how
                 much
                 it
                 displeased
                 him
                 ,
                 that
                 they
                 should
                 contradict
                 his
                 actions
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 the
                 Ianizaries
                 should
                 go
                 about
                 to
                 impose
                 laws
                 on
                 him
                 .
                 He
                 spoke
                 with
                 so
                 much
                 Majesty
                 ,
                 that
                 he
                 strook
                 an
                 awe
                 into
                 the
                 most
                 insolent
                 .
                 At
                 the
                 same
                 time
                 he
                 gave
                 order
                 to
                 seize
                 the
                 Bassa
                 of
                 Babylon
                 ,
                 who
                 was
                 the
                 chief
                 author
                 of
                 the
                 Sedition
                 ,
                 the
                 Aga
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 most
                 criminal
                 Officers
                 of
                 the
                 Ianizaries
                 ,
                 and
                 some
                 of
                 the
                 principal
                 inhabitants
                 ,
                 causing
                 them
                 all
                 to
                 be
                 strangled
                 ;
                 and
                 threatned
                 to
                 cashier
                 the
                 whole
                 body
                 of
                 the
                 Ianizaries
                 ,
                 if
                 ever
                 they
                 committed
                 the
                 least
                 disorder
                 .
              
               
                 This
                 proceeding
                 seemed
                 the
                 more
                 rigorous
                 to
                 these
                 Troops
                 ,
                 because
                 they
                 expected
                 more
                 favourable
                 usage
                 ;
                 but
                 they
                 durst
                 not
                 complain
                 .
                 The
                 
                   Grand
                   Visier
                
                 in
                 the
                 mean
                 time
                 in
                 conformity
                 to
                 his
                 Fathers
                 maxims
                 ,
                 thought
                 it
                 necessary
                 to
                 employ
                 the
                 Ianizaries
                 ,
                 that
                 they
                 might
                 have
                 no
                 leisure
                 to
                 mutiny
                 again
                 .
                 He
                 intended
                 to
                 continue
                 the
                 Siege
                 of
                 Candia
                 ,
                 but
                 he
                 would
                 first
                 make
                 an
                 end
                 of
                 the
                 
                 Transylvanian
                 War
                 ,
                 which
                 
                   Ali
                   Bassa
                
                 managed
                 with
                 no
                 great
                 success
                 :
                 and
                 he
                 was
                 preparing
                 himself
                 to
                 march
                 with
                 the
                 Ianizaries
                 ,
                 and
                 Spahies
                 ,
                 when
                 he
                 was
                 informed
                 that
                 the
                 Sophy
                 of
                 Persia
                 was
                 about
                 to
                 attaque
                 Bagdet
                 .
                 This
                 news
                 changed
                 the
                 face
                 of
                 things
                 ,
                 and
                 made
                 the
                 Sultan
                 send
                 an
                 Aga
                 ,
                 and
                 a
                 Chiaux
                 to
                 Vienna
                 ,
                 to
                 propose
                 a
                 Peace
                 to
                 the
                 Emperor
                 .
                 These
                 Envoys
                 met
                 not
                 with
                 that
                 satisfaction
                 that
                 the
                 
                   Vivier
                   Azem
                
                 wished
                 .
                 The
                 Emperor
                 gave
                 them
                 to
                 understand
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 Principality
                 of
                 Transylvania
                 ,
                 which
                 was
                 the
                 cause
                 of
                 his
                 difference
                 with
                 the
                 Sultan
                 ,
                 was
                 a
                 member
                 that
                 had
                 been
                 separated
                 from
                 his
                 Estate
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 his
                 Highness
                 could
                 not
                 without
                 injustice
                 think
                 of
                 obliging
                 him
                 to
                 quit
                 his
                 pretensions
                 to
                 that
                 Province
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 desert
                 Prince
                 
                   Chimin
                   Ianos
                
                 ,
                 who
                 had
                 put
                 himself
                 into
                 his
                 protection
                 :
                 and
                 that
                 he
                 could
                 not
                 agree
                 to
                 the
                 dismantling
                 of
                 Serinwar
                 ,
                 unless
                 the
                 
                   Grand
                   Signior
                
                 would
                 demolish
                 the
                 Fortifications
                 of
                 Waradin
                 ,
                 and
                 some
                 other
                 places
                 .
              
               
                 This
                 answer
                 did
                 not
                 please
                 the
                 
                   Grand
                   Visier
                
                 ,
                 who
                 was
                 no
                 less
                 careful
                 
                 than
                 his
                 Father
                 had
                 been
                 ,
                 of
                 his
                 Masters
                 glory
                 ,
                 and
                 industrious
                 to
                 enlarge
                 his
                 Dominions
                 :
                 but
                 hearing
                 for
                 certain
                 that
                 the
                 Sophy
                 marched
                 against
                 Bagdet
                 ,
                 he
                 saw
                 it
                 was
                 necessary
                 to
                 temporize
                 now
                 :
                 therefore
                 he
                 sent
                 orders
                 to
                 
                   Ali
                   Bassa
                
                 ,
                 the
                 General
                 of
                 the
                 Army
                 in
                 Transylvania
                 ,
                 to
                 continue
                 the
                 overtures
                 of
                 Peace
                 .
                 This
                 General
                 at
                 the
                 same
                 time
                 received
                 the
                 news
                 of
                 the
                 taking
                 of
                 
                   Chimen
                   Ianos
                
                 by
                 
                   Michael
                   Abaffi
                
                 ,
                 who
                 succeeded
                 
                   Count
                   Barelay
                
                 ,
                 and
                 was
                 protected
                 by
                 the
                 Port
                 in
                 his
                 pretences
                 to
                 Transylvania
                 .
                 The
                 death
                 of
                 
                   Chimin
                   Ianos
                
                 ,
                 whom
                 Abaffi
                 caused
                 to
                 be
                 beheaded
                 in
                 Prison
                 ,
                 as
                 Chimin
                 had
                 treated
                 his
                 first
                 Competitor
                 ,
                 facilitated
                 the
                 Conquest
                 of
                 the
                 Province
                 ,
                 and
                 favoured
                 the
                 
                   Grand
                   Visiers
                
                 designs
                 .
                 
                   Ali
                   Bassa
                
                 immediately
                 sent
                 a
                 Courrier
                 to
                 him
                 to
                 know
                 what
                 he
                 should
                 do
                 in
                 this
                 conjuncture
                 ;
                 but
                 Achmet
                 sent
                 him
                 word
                 again
                 that
                 he
                 should
                 observe
                 the
                 orders
                 he
                 had
                 received
                 :
                 so
                 that
                 he
                 pressed
                 the
                 Emperor
                 to
                 send
                 Deputies
                 to
                 the
                 Port
                 to
                 negotiate
                 a
                 Peace
                 between
                 the
                 two
                 Empires
                 .
                 In
                 the
                 mean
                 time
                 the
                 Ottoman
                 Army
                 made
                 continual
                 
                 inroads
                 into
                 Hungary
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Imperial
                 Troops
                 did
                 the
                 like
                 in
                 the
                 
                   Grand
                   Signiors
                
                 Dominions
                 .
                 But
                 the
                 Turks
                 being
                 tired
                 with
                 this
                 tedious
                 skirmishing
                 War
                 ,
                 threatned
                 the
                 coming
                 down
                 of
                 the
                 
                   Grand
                   Signior
                
                 himself
                 with
                 a
                 formidable
                 Army
                 to
                 invade
                 Hungary
                 ,
                 if
                 the
                 Emperor
                 did
                 not
                 very
                 suddenly
                 conclude
                 a
                 Peace
                 ;
                 which
                 made
                 him
                 dispatch
                 Doctor
                 Perez
                 to
                 the
                 Divan
                 .
                 The
                 
                   Grand
                   Visier
                
                 ,
                 whose
                 drift
                 was
                 to
                 prolong
                 the
                 Negotiation
                 till
                 his
                 own
                 affairs
                 were
                 in
                 a
                 better
                 posture
                 ,
                 dismissed
                 him
                 ,
                 with
                 order
                 to
                 tell
                 his
                 Master
                 that
                 he
                 should
                 send
                 his
                 Agats
                 to
                 Themidwar
                 ,
                 to
                 treat
                 there
                 with
                 
                   Ali
                   Bassa
                
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 
                   Cappigi
                   Bassa
                
                 :
                 but
                 hearing
                 that
                 the
                 Sophy
                 for
                 fear
                 of
                 being
                 invaded
                 by
                 the
                 Mogol
                 ,
                 had
                 given
                 over
                 his
                 enterprize
                 on
                 Babylon
                 ,
                 he
                 commanded
                 General
                 Ali
                 not
                 to
                 recede
                 from
                 the
                 first
                 conditions
                 which
                 he
                 had
                 proposed
                 in
                 order
                 to
                 the
                 conclusion
                 of
                 the
                 Peace
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Emperor
                 finding
                 the
                 Sultans
                 propositions
                 unreasonable
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 the
                 Turks
                 continued
                 their
                 Incursions
                 ,
                 believed
                 ,
                 the
                 Divan
                 ,
                 whatever
                 it
                 pretended
                 ,
                 
                 had
                 no
                 desire
                 to
                 terminate
                 the
                 War
                 :
                 therefore
                 he
                 began
                 to
                 look
                 about
                 him
                 betimes
                 ,
                 for
                 fear
                 of
                 being
                 surprized
                 ;
                 foreseeing
                 that
                 it
                 would
                 not
                 be
                 long
                 before
                 the
                 
                   Grand
                   Visier
                
                 would
                 fall
                 upon
                 him
                 ;
                 who
                 ,
                 as
                 soon
                 as
                 he
                 had
                 put
                 the
                 particular
                 affairs
                 of
                 the
                 Ottoman
                 Empire
                 into
                 order
                 ,
                 resolved
                 to
                 pursue
                 the
                 enterprize
                 which
                 his
                 Father
                 began
                 ,
                 and
                 was
                 forced
                 to
                 leave
                 unfinished
                 by
                 death
                 .
                 After
                 he
                 had
                 rigged
                 a
                 powerful
                 Navy
                 to
                 encounter
                 the
                 Venetians
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Christian
                 Princes
                 ,
                 whose
                 Forces
                 he
                 apprehended
                 at
                 Sea
                 ,
                 he
                 prepared
                 to
                 march
                 against
                 the
                 Emperor
                 ,
                 to
                 let
                 his
                 Master
                 see
                 that
                 he
                 was
                 as
                 expert
                 as
                 the
                 old
                 Generals
                 ,
                 who
                 proud
                 of
                 their
                 long
                 command
                 ,
                 and
                 age
                 ,
                 flighted
                 him
                 as
                 a
                 young
                 man
                 ,
                 and
                 raised
                 disadvantageous
                 stories
                 of
                 him
                 .
                 He
                 ordered
                 the
                 Bassa's
                 of
                 
                   Albania
                   ,
                   Natolia
                   ,
                   Buda
                
                 ,
                 and
                 some
                 others
                 ,
                 to
                 draw
                 towards
                 Hungary
                 with
                 their
                 Troops
                 ,
                 and
                 desired
                 the
                 Sultan
                 to
                 stay
                 at
                 Adrianople
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 permit
                 him
                 to
                 go
                 and
                 exercise
                 his
                 Authority
                 ,
                 and
                 give
                 proofs
                 of
                 his
                 valour
                 .
                 He
                 led
                 with
                 him
                 the
                 old
                 bands
                 of
                 Ianizaries
                 ,
                 and
                 
                 Spahies
                 ,
                 placing
                 the
                 Mutineers
                 in
                 the
                 Forlorn
                 Hope
                 ,
                 that
                 they
                 might
                 be
                 cut
                 off
                 in
                 this
                 War
                 ,
                 which
                 he
                 hoped
                 to
                 finish
                 in
                 a
                 short
                 time
                 ,
                 that
                 he
                 might
                 turn
                 all
                 the
                 Ottoman
                 Forces
                 against
                 Candia
                 .
                 But
                 while
                 he
                 marched
                 towards
                 Hungary
                 ,
                 his
                 Fleet
                 which
                 he
                 set
                 forth
                 to
                 scour
                 the
                 Sea
                 ,
                 and
                 succor
                 Canea
                 ,
                 which
                 was
                 distressed
                 by
                 the
                 Venetian
                 Army
                 ,
                 was
                 not
                 so
                 successful
                 as
                 he
                 expected
                 :
                 it
                 shun'd
                 ingaging
                 the
                 Venetian
                 Fleet
                 ,
                 which
                 would
                 have
                 fought
                 to
                 have
                 prevented
                 the
                 relief
                 of
                 Canea
                 .
                 The
                 same
                 Fleet
                 however
                 pursued
                 Turkish
                 Gallies
                 in
                 the
                 Archipelago
                 so
                 briskly
                 ,
                 that
                 it
                 took
                 ten
                 Saiques
                 ,
                 gave
                 chace
                 to
                 four
                 great
                 Vessels
                 that
                 followed
                 a
                 Caravan
                 of
                 Alexandria
                 ;
                 and
                 being
                 come
                 up
                 with
                 them
                 ,
                 took
                 three
                 ,
                 and
                 several
                 Saiques
                 that
                 carried
                 abundance
                 of
                 persons
                 of
                 quality
                 of
                 both
                 Sexes
                 ,
                 who
                 were
                 going
                 on
                 Pilgrimage
                 to
                 Mecha
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 news
                 of
                 this
                 disgrace
                 did
                 more
                 inflame
                 the
                 
                   Grand
                   Visiers
                
                 courage
                 ,
                 who
                 made
                 long
                 marches
                 to
                 arrive
                 at
                 Belgrade
                 ,
                 where
                 the
                 body
                 of
                 the
                 Army
                 expected
                 him
                 under
                 the
                 conduct
                 of
                 
                   Ali
                   
                   Bassa
                
                 ,
                 who
                 was
                 newly
                 made
                 Visier
                 of
                 Hungary
                 .
                 The
                 approach
                 of
                 this
                 great
                 Minister
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 arrival
                 of
                 the
                 Bassa's
                 of
                 
                   Bossina
                   ,
                   Silestria
                   ,
                   Waradin
                   ,
                   Aleppo
                   ,
                
                 and
                 the
                 Beglerbeg
                 of
                 Natolia
                 ,
                 so
                 terrified
                 the
                 Emperor
                 ,
                 that
                 he
                 presently
                 commanded
                 the
                 
                   Baron
                   de
                   Goez
                
                 ,
                 one
                 of
                 his
                 Deputies
                 ,
                 to
                 divert
                 the
                 dreadful
                 storm
                 that
                 threatned
                 the
                 Empire
                 ,
                 by
                 granting
                 several
                 of
                 the
                 demands
                 which
                 
                   Ali
                   Bassa
                
                 made
                 in
                 the
                 
                   Grand
                   Signior's
                
                 name
                 .
                 Ali
                 acquainted
                 the
                 
                   Grand
                   Visier
                
                 upon
                 what
                 terms
                 the
                 Emperor
                 was
                 willing
                 to
                 purchase
                 Peace
                 :
                 that
                 he
                 consented
                 that
                 
                   Michel
                   Abassi
                
                 who
                 was
                 under
                 his
                 Highnesses
                 protection
                 ,
                 should
                 be
                 acknowledged
                 Prince
                 of
                 Transylvania
                 ,
                 and
                 promised
                 to
                 withdraw
                 his
                 Garrisods
                 out
                 of
                 some
                 places
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 demolish
                 the
                 Fort
                 of
                 Serinwar
                 :
                 but
                 Achmet
                 had
                 no
                 mind
                 to
                 go
                 back
                 now
                 he
                 was
                 so
                 forward
                 ,
                 and
                 had
                 made
                 such
                 preparations
                 for
                 the
                 War
                 ;
                 thinking
                 it
                 below
                 him
                 to
                 make
                 Peace
                 on
                 any
                 conditions
                 ,
                 either
                 less
                 advantageous
                 to
                 his
                 Master
                 ,
                 or
                 less
                 glorious
                 for
                 himself
                 ,
                 than
                 the
                 Victories
                 that
                 seemed
                 to
                 attend
                 his
                 
                 Arms
                 ;
                 and
                 for
                 this
                 reason
                 ,
                 not
                 being
                 satisfied
                 with
                 what
                 the
                 Emperor
                 offered
                 .
                 He
                 asked
                 over
                 and
                 above
                 ,
                 two
                 millions
                 for
                 the
                 expences
                 he
                 had
                 been
                 at
                 ,
                 with
                 a
                 Tribute
                 of
                 an
                 hundred
                 thousand
                 Rixdollers
                 a
                 year
                 for
                 the
                 Kingdom
                 of
                 Hungary
                 ,
                 which
                 he
                 resolved
                 to
                 make
                 wholly
                 tributary
                 to
                 the
                 Ottoman
                 Empire
                 .
                 Besides
                 this
                 ,
                 he
                 would
                 have
                 the
                 Emperor
                 give
                 free
                 passage
                 for
                 what
                 Troops
                 the
                 
                   Grand
                   Signior
                
                 pleased
                 to
                 send
                 into
                 the
                 Venetian
                 Territories
                 .
              
               
                 These
                 proud
                 demands
                 made
                 the
                 Emperor
                 despair
                 of
                 the
                 accommodation
                 ,
                 he
                 had
                 hitherto
                 flattered
                 himself
                 withal
                 .
                 He
                 perceived
                 that
                 the
                 
                   Grand
                   Visier
                
                 would
                 not
                 let
                 the
                 Ianizaries
                 return
                 to
                 Constantinople
                 ,
                 till
                 their
                 fierceness
                 and
                 insolence
                 were
                 abated
                 by
                 the
                 toils
                 of
                 a
                 War
                 ,
                 which
                 through
                 the
                 animosity
                 of
                 both
                 parties
                 would
                 undoubtedly
                 prove
                 very
                 bloody
                 .
                 
                   Achmet
                   Coprogli
                
                 being
                 informed
                 of
                 the
                 Emperors
                 continual
                 preparations
                 for
                 War
                 ,
                 was
                 glad
                 to
                 meet
                 with
                 resistance
                 in
                 such
                 an
                 Enemy
                 ,
                 whose
                 defeat
                 would
                 augment
                 his
                 
                 glory
                 ,
                 and
                 convince
                 the
                 world
                 that
                 he
                 was
                 as
                 able
                 in
                 the
                 Camp
                 ,
                 as
                 in
                 the
                 Divan
                 ;
                 and
                 could
                 not
                 only
                 advise
                 like
                 an
                 Oracle
                 ,
                 but
                 could
                 command
                 also
                 like
                 a
                 great
                 Captain
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
             
               THE
               HISTORY
               of
               the
               Grand
               VISIERS
               .
            
             
               
                 The
                 fourth
                 Book
                 .
              
               
                 THE
                 Emperor
                 seeing
                 his
                 Commissioners
                 return
                 without
                 any
                 effect
                 of
                 their
                 Negotiation
                 ,
                 made
                 no
                 question
                 but
                 that
                 the
                 
                   Visier
                   Azem
                
                 would
                 endeavour
                 all
                 he
                 could
                 to
                 come
                 and
                 besiege
                 him
                 in
                 Vienna
                 .
                 Therefore
                 he
                 fortified
                 that
                 City
                 ,
                 that
                 it
                 might
                 be
                 in
                 a
                 condition
                 ,
                 if
                 need
                 were
                 ,
                 to
                 resist
                 the
                 Ottoman
                 Forces
                 ,
                 implored
                 the
                 assistance
                 of
                 all
                 the
                 Potentates
                 of
                 Europe
                 ,
                 and
                 with
                 four
                 distinct
                 Armies
                 secured
                 the
                 hereditary
                 Provinces
                 of
                 the
                 Empire
                 .
                 The
                 
                 
                   Grand
                   Visier
                
                 on
                 the
                 other
                 side
                 aimed
                 at
                 some
                 considerable
                 Expedition
                 ,
                 and
                 having
                 determined
                 what
                 to
                 do
                 ,
                 passed
                 the
                 long
                 Bridge
                 of
                 Essek
                 ,
                 and
                 sate
                 down
                 before
                 Newhausel
                 .
                 He
                 immediately
                 invested
                 the
                 place
                 ,
                 and
                 defeated
                 some
                 Troops
                 which
                 Count
                 Forgate
                 ,
                 and
                 Balsi
                 ,
                 and
                 Marquiss
                 Pio
                 ,
                 would
                 have
                 put
                 into
                 it
                 ,
                 then
                 he
                 summoned
                 it
                 according
                 to
                 the
                 custom
                 of
                 the
                 Turks
                 ,
                 who
                 do
                 so
                 to
                 all
                 places
                 they
                 besiege
                 .
                 But
                 Count
                 Forgats
                 the
                 Governour
                 having
                 given
                 such
                 an
                 answer
                 to
                 his
                 summons
                 ,
                 as
                 made
                 him
                 find
                 that
                 fair
                 words
                 and
                 splendid
                 promises
                 were
                 not
                 sufficient
                 arguments
                 to
                 perswade
                 him
                 to
                 surrender
                 a
                 place
                 which
                 the
                 Emperor
                 had
                 intrusted
                 him
                 with
                 :
                 he
                 planted
                 so
                 furious
                 a
                 Battery
                 as
                 soon
                 made
                 breaches
                 wide
                 enough
                 to
                 invite
                 the
                 Turks
                 to
                 an
                 assault
                 ,
                 in
                 which
                 great
                 numbers
                 of
                 them
                 were
                 slain
                 by
                 the
                 defendants
                 .
                 But
                 the
                 
                   Grand
                   Visier
                
                 pressed
                 the
                 Siege
                 so
                 vigorously
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 Governour
                 was
                 forced
                 to
                 yield
                 the
                 place
                 upon
                 composition
                 ;
                 and
                 the
                 Articles
                 were
                 so
                 advantagious
                 ,
                 that
                 several
                 of
                 the
                 
                 Officers
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 chief
                 of
                 the
                 besieged
                 knowing
                 to
                 what
                 necessity
                 of
                 surrendring
                 the
                 Town
                 was
                 reduced
                 ,
                 and
                 what
                 multitudes
                 of
                 their
                 Enemies
                 had
                 perished
                 before
                 their
                 Walls
                 in
                 so
                 small
                 a
                 time
                 ,
                 were
                 of
                 opinion
                 at
                 first
                 that
                 the
                 
                   Grand
                   Visier
                
                 readily
                 consented
                 to
                 whatever
                 Count
                 Forgats
                 demanded
                 ,
                 with
                 design
                 to
                 break
                 his
                 word
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 have
                 it
                 the
                 sooner
                 in
                 his
                 power
                 to
                 revenge
                 the
                 loss
                 he
                 had
                 sustained
                 during
                 the
                 Siege
                 :
                 but
                 the
                 event
                 shewed
                 that
                 they
                 did
                 him
                 wrong
                 to
                 suspect
                 he
                 could
                 be
                 guilty
                 of
                 a
                 baseness
                 so
                 much
                 below
                 the
                 greatness
                 of
                 his
                 soul
                 ,
                 though
                 otherwise
                 such
                 actions
                 are
                 very
                 common
                 among
                 the
                 Turks
                 .
                 
                   Achmet
                   Coprogli
                
                 has
                 always
                 profest
                 himself
                 an
                 enemy
                 to
                 treachery
                 ,
                 and
                 thinks
                 himself
                 concerned
                 in
                 honour
                 to
                 keep
                 his
                 word
                 on
                 all
                 occasions
                 .
                 The
                 Governour
                 of
                 Newhausel
                 was
                 the
                 first
                 that
                 found
                 this
                 to
                 be
                 true
                 ;
                 the
                 good
                 usage
                 he
                 received
                 from
                 the
                 
                   Grand
                   Visier
                
                 constrained
                 him
                 to
                 be
                 just
                 to
                 his
                 vertue
                 and
                 desert
                 ,
                 and
                 far
                 from
                 what
                 his
                 Officers
                 apprehended
                 ,
                 to
                 thank
                 him
                 for
                 the
                 complement
                 he
                 made
                 him
                 ,
                 upon
                 
                 his
                 generous
                 defence
                 of
                 a
                 Town
                 which
                 seemed
                 incapable
                 of
                 holding
                 out
                 against
                 so
                 powerful
                 an
                 Army
                 .
              
               
                 Count
                 Forgats
                 being
                 marched
                 out
                 of
                 Newhausel
                 ,
                 the
                 
                   Visier
                   Azem
                
                 made
                 his
                 entry
                 into
                 it
                 ,
                 and
                 at
                 the
                 same
                 time
                 dispatched
                 an
                 Officer
                 to
                 carry
                 the
                 news
                 to
                 the
                 
                   Grand
                   Signior
                
                 ;
                 but
                 designing
                 to
                 make
                 an
                 entire
                 conquest
                 of
                 Hungary
                 ,
                 to
                 accomplish
                 it
                 without
                 shedding
                 of
                 blood
                 ,
                 for
                 ruining
                 the
                 Country
                 ,
                 he
                 bethought
                 himself
                 of
                 issuing
                 out
                 a
                 Proclamation
                 ,
                 that
                 all
                 the
                 places
                 that
                 would
                 submit
                 to
                 the
                 Ottoman
                 Empire
                 ,
                 should
                 be
                 exempted
                 from
                 Contribution
                 for
                 six
                 years
                 ,
                 at
                 the
                 end
                 of
                 which
                 each
                 house
                 should
                 pay
                 but
                 a
                 Rixdoller
                 .
                 This
                 did
                 not
                 succeed
                 so
                 well
                 as
                 he
                 expected
                 ;
                 however
                 he
                 possessed
                 himself
                 of
                 
                   Schinta
                   ,
                   Novigrad
                   ,
                   Levens
                
                 ,
                 and
                 some
                 other
                 places
                 of
                 less
                 importance
                 ,
                 with
                 which
                 he
                 ended
                 the
                 Campagna
                 ,
                 that
                 he
                 might
                 refresh
                 his
                 Army
                 ,
                 and
                 be
                 at
                 leisure
                 to
                 look
                 after
                 the
                 affairs
                 of
                 the
                 Port
                 ,
                 which
                 he
                 still
                 took
                 care
                 of
                 ,
                 notwithstanding
                 the
                 War.
                 To
                 this
                 end
                 he
                 had
                 Courriers
                 continually
                 on
                 the
                 
                 way
                 ,
                 who
                 informed
                 him
                 of
                 all
                 that
                 passed
                 ,
                 and
                 carried
                 messages
                 from
                 him
                 to
                 the
                 Sultan
                 ,
                 who
                 was
                 then
                 at
                 Adrianople
                 ,
                 where
                 he
                 made
                 publick
                 rejoycings
                 for
                 three
                 days
                 together
                 for
                 the
                 Victories
                 of
                 his
                 chief
                 Minister
                 ,
                 and
                 concluded
                 them
                 with
                 the
                 death
                 of
                 his
                 principal
                 Nectangis
                 or
                 Secretary
                 .
                 His
                 Highness
                 caused
                 him
                 to
                 be
                 beheaded
                 upon
                 the
                 advice
                 he
                 had
                 from
                 the
                 
                   Visier
                   Azem
                
                 ,
                 that
                 he
                 was
                 corrupted
                 by
                 the
                 Emperors
                 Ministers
                 ,
                 from
                 whom
                 he
                 had
                 received
                 a
                 very
                 considerable
                 sum
                 of
                 money
                 ,
                 which
                 was
                 found
                 in
                 his
                 Coffers
                 ;
                 being
                 not
                 only
                 a
                 certain
                 argument
                 of
                 his
                 Crime
                 ,
                 but
                 a
                 mark
                 of
                 Achmet
                 Coprogli's
                 faithful
                 correspondence
                 in
                 all
                 parts
                 .
                 The
                 season
                 of
                 the
                 year
                 which
                 obliged
                 the
                 Visier
                 to
                 retreat
                 ,
                 did
                 not
                 hinder
                 him
                 from
                 sending
                 Succors
                 to
                 Canea
                 ,
                 and
                 Recruits
                 to
                 the
                 Troops
                 that
                 were
                 in
                 Dalmatia
                 ;
                 so
                 that
                 at
                 the
                 same
                 time
                 that
                 he
                 had
                 undertaken
                 another
                 War
                 ,
                 he
                 pressed
                 the
                 Venetians
                 in
                 two
                 several
                 places
                 ,
                 to
                 show
                 the
                 Christian
                 Princes
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 Sultan
                 could
                 maintain
                 more
                 Armies
                 than
                 one
                 against
                 his
                 Enemies
                 ,
                 and
                 
                 that
                 he
                 did
                 not
                 at
                 all
                 fear
                 the
                 great
                 preparations
                 they
                 threatned
                 him
                 with
                 ;
                 being
                 advertised
                 that
                 
                   Count
                   Serini
                
                 did
                 very
                 much
                 distress
                 the
                 Troops
                 that
                 wintered
                 in
                 the
                 conquered
                 places
                 ,
                 and
                 along
                 the
                 River
                 Traag
                 ,
                 and
                 Dravus
                 .
                 He
                 composed
                 three
                 small
                 Armies
                 of
                 Tartars
                 ,
                 Moldavians
                 ,
                 and
                 some
                 Turkish
                 Companies
                 to
                 wast
                 Moravia
                 ,
                 and
                 Silesia
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 make
                 inroads
                 as
                 far
                 as
                 Presburg
                 ,
                 the
                 Capital
                 City
                 of
                 Hungary
                 ,
                 by
                 that
                 means
                 to
                 divert
                 Count
                 Serini
                 ,
                 who
                 by
                 the
                 Emperor
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Diet
                 at
                 Ratisbon
                 was
                 nominated
                 Generalissimo
                 of
                 the
                 Hungarian
                 Forces
                 .
                 But
                 neither
                 these
                 Forces
                 ,
                 nor
                 the
                 extremity
                 of
                 Winter
                 ,
                 could
                 hinder
                 this
                 Hero
                 from
                 taking
                 
                   Bernezet
                   ,
                   Raboscha
                   ,
                   Seques
                
                 ,
                 and
                 several
                 other
                 places
                 which
                 the
                 Turks
                 had
                 conquered
                 .
                 He
                 made
                 himself
                 Master
                 of
                 Palanka
                 ,
                 and
                 Peez
                 ,
                 a
                 populous
                 trading
                 Town
                 ;
                 and
                 leaving
                 his
                 Army
                 under
                 the
                 conduct
                 of
                 Count
                 Horlac
                 ,
                 he
                 besieged
                 and
                 took
                 Tainskirken
                 ,
                 and
                 attacked
                 the
                 Bridge
                 of
                 Essek
                 ,
                 where
                 he
                 met
                 with
                 a
                 vigorous
                 resistance
                 ,
                 which
                 however
                 could
                 not
                 keep
                 him
                 from
                 
                 burning
                 that
                 ,
                 and
                 many
                 Magazines
                 which
                 the
                 Turks
                 had
                 along
                 the
                 River
                 Dravus
                 .
                 After
                 this
                 he
                 undertook
                 the
                 Siege
                 of
                 Canisia
                 ,
                 a
                 place
                 of
                 great
                 importance
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 
                   Grand
                   Signior
                
                 hearing
                 of
                 this
                 Siege
                 ,
                 was
                 resolved
                 to
                 go
                 in
                 person
                 and
                 relieve
                 this
                 Town
                 ,
                 and
                 stay
                 the
                 course
                 of
                 Count
                 
                 Serini's
                 conquests
                 ;
                 but
                 the
                 
                   Visier
                   Azem
                
                 dissuaded
                 him
                 from
                 his
                 design
                 ,
                 representing
                 the
                 danger
                 he
                 exposed
                 himself
                 to
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 mischievous
                 consequences
                 of
                 his
                 absence
                 from
                 Constantinople
                 ;
                 where
                 the
                 people
                 being
                 provoked
                 at
                 the
                 punishment
                 the
                 Sultan
                 had
                 inflicted
                 on
                 the
                 chief
                 of
                 the
                 City
                 ,
                 who
                 conspired
                 against
                 him
                 ,
                 were
                 ready
                 to
                 rise
                 ,
                 and
                 spoke
                 of
                 making
                 one
                 of
                 his
                 brothers
                 Emperor
                 .
                 The
                 
                   Grand
                   Visier
                
                 too
                 had
                 a
                 mind
                 to
                 finish
                 the
                 War
                 he
                 had
                 so
                 happily
                 begun
                 ,
                 and
                 was
                 unwilling
                 that
                 his
                 Highnesses
                 presence
                 should
                 rob
                 him
                 of
                 his
                 glory
                 ,
                 and
                 be
                 thought
                 to
                 have
                 effected
                 more
                 than
                 all
                 his
                 industry
                 ;
                 yet
                 the
                 care
                 of
                 his
                 own
                 glory
                 was
                 not
                 the
                 only
                 motive
                 that
                 caused
                 him
                 to
                 divert
                 
                   Sultan
                   Mahomet
                
                 from
                 this
                 expedition
                 ,
                 
                 the
                 affection
                 and
                 zeal
                 which
                 he
                 ever
                 had
                 for
                 his
                 Masters
                 service
                 ,
                 at
                 this
                 time
                 prevailed
                 over
                 all
                 other
                 considerations
                 ,
                 knowing
                 the
                 violence
                 of
                 his
                 nature
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 greatness
                 of
                 his
                 courage
                 ,
                 he
                 feared
                 he
                 would
                 engage
                 himself
                 too
                 far
                 into
                 danger
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 he
                 would
                 receive
                 more
                 prejudice
                 by
                 the
                 enterprizes
                 of
                 the
                 Mutineers
                 at
                 Constantinople
                 ,
                 than
                 advantage
                 by
                 the
                 conquest
                 of
                 the
                 whole
                 Kingdom
                 of
                 Hungary
                 .
                 Nor
                 did
                 he
                 doubt
                 but
                 that
                 he
                 should
                 finish
                 the
                 Expedition
                 successfully
                 ,
                 without
                 the
                 assistance
                 of
                 the
                 Captains
                 and
                 old
                 Generals
                 that
                 were
                 in
                 his
                 Army
                 ,
                 who
                 out
                 of
                 jealousie
                 opposed
                 his
                 design
                 ,
                 and
                 hindred
                 him
                 from
                 advancing
                 his
                 Conquests
                 so
                 far
                 as
                 he
                 might
                 have
                 done
                 ,
                 if
                 he
                 had
                 taken
                 less
                 heed
                 to
                 their
                 counsel
                 ,
                 which
                 he
                 rather
                 chose
                 to
                 follow
                 ,
                 and
                 proceed
                 slowly
                 ,
                 than
                 to
                 hazard
                 any
                 thing
                 upon
                 his
                 own
                 account
                 .
                 Being
                 informed
                 of
                 all
                 Count
                 Serini's
                 exploits
                 ,
                 who
                 nearly
                 distressed
                 Canisia
                 ,
                 and
                 as
                 valiantly
                 repulsed
                 Sultan
                 Mahomet's
                 Forces
                 ,
                 as
                 his
                 Grandfather
                 did
                 those
                 of
                 the
                 Emperor
                 Soliman
                 ,
                 he
                 took
                 the
                 
                 Field
                 to
                 prevent
                 him
                 from
                 joyning
                 Canisia
                 to
                 the
                 other
                 conquests
                 he
                 had
                 made
                 during
                 the
                 Winter
                 ;
                 but
                 the
                 death
                 of
                 
                   Ali
                   Bassa
                
                 obliged
                 him
                 to
                 suspend
                 his
                 intention
                 of
                 repulsing
                 the
                 enemy
                 ,
                 to
                 allow
                 him
                 those
                 Funeral
                 Ceremonies
                 which
                 his
                 great
                 services
                 to
                 the
                 state
                 deserved
                 .
              
               
                 Ali
                 was
                 one
                 of
                 the
                 greatest
                 ,
                 and
                 most
                 expert
                 Captains
                 of
                 the
                 Ottoman
                 Empire
                 :
                 he
                 bore
                 Arms
                 first
                 under
                 
                   Sultan
                   Amurath
                
                 ,
                 and
                 behaved
                 himself
                 so
                 well
                 in
                 the
                 Persian
                 War
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 Emperor
                 in
                 recompence
                 gave
                 him
                 one
                 of
                 his
                 Sisters
                 in
                 marriage
                 ,
                 and
                 made
                 him
                 
                 Bassa-General
                 of
                 his
                 Armies
                 .
                 He
                 had
                 gained
                 such
                 reputation
                 ,
                 that
                 his
                 power
                 made
                 the
                 
                   Grand
                   Visier
                   Mahomet
                   Coprogli
                
                 jealous
                 of
                 him
                 ,
                 and
                 resolve
                 to
                 take
                 away
                 his
                 command
                 of
                 the
                 Army
                 in
                 Transylvania
                 ,
                 as
                 we
                 have
                 already
                 mentioned
                 ;
                 and
                 he
                 advised
                 his
                 Son
                 to
                 take
                 heed
                 of
                 him
                 as
                 one
                 that
                 might
                 well
                 be
                 his
                 Competitor
                 for
                 the
                 charge
                 of
                 
                   Grand
                   Visier
                
                 :
                 but
                 equitable
                 Achmet
                 perceiving
                 the
                 extraordinary
                 merit
                 of
                 this
                 brave
                 man
                 ,
                 respected
                 his
                 virtue
                 and
                 age
                 ,
                 which
                 was
                 threescore
                 
                 and
                 ten
                 ;
                 and
                 instead
                 of
                 following
                 the
                 politic
                 cautions
                 of
                 his
                 Father
                 ,
                 submitted
                 often
                 to
                 his
                 advice
                 ,
                 and
                 extremely
                 deplored
                 his
                 death
                 ,
                 which
                 was
                 also
                 lamented
                 by
                 the
                 
                   Grand
                   Signior
                
                 .
                 After
                 he
                 had
                 rendered
                 him
                 all
                 the
                 Offices
                 that
                 the
                 Mahometan
                 Law
                 required
                 ,
                 he
                 pursued
                 his
                 march
                 to
                 Canisia
                 .
                 His
                 Army
                 consisted
                 of
                 seventy
                 thousand
                 men
                 ,
                 whose
                 approach
                 forced
                 
                   Count
                   Serini
                   ,
                   Count
                   Hohelac
                
                 ,
                 and
                 Strozzi
                 who
                 were
                 joyned
                 with
                 him
                 ,
                 to
                 raise
                 the
                 Siege
                 ,
                 and
                 retire
                 into
                 the
                 Isle
                 of
                 Serin
                 .
                 Their
                 retreat
                 was
                 but
                 just
                 time
                 enough
                 ,
                 for
                 as
                 soon
                 as
                 they
                 were
                 gone
                 the
                 Turks
                 arrived
                 ,
                 and
                 posted
                 themselves
                 in
                 the
                 same
                 places
                 that
                 the
                 Christians
                 quitted
                 .
                 The
                 
                   Grand
                   Visier
                
                 having
                 put
                 sufficient
                 relief
                 into
                 Canisia
                 ,
                 sent
                 
                   Ismael
                   Bassa
                
                 with
                 twenty
                 thousand
                 men
                 to
                 pass
                 the
                 River
                 Mur
                 at
                 the
                 place
                 where
                 it
                 joyns
                 with
                 the
                 Dravus
                 ,
                 that
                 by
                 getting
                 that
                 passage
                 ,
                 he
                 might
                 have
                 free
                 entry
                 into
                 
                   Stiria
                   ,
                   Carinthia
                
                 ,
                 and
                 Croatia
                 ;
                 but
                 
                   Count
                   Strozzi
                
                 valiantly
                 defended
                 the
                 Pass
                 ,
                 and
                 performing
                 the
                 part
                 of
                 a
                 gallant
                 Souldier
                 ,
                 was
                 slain
                 with
                 a
                 Musquet
                 Bullet
                 .
              
               
               
                 In
                 the
                 mean
                 time
                 the
                 Emperor
                 impatiently
                 expected
                 the
                 Succors
                 he
                 had
                 desired
                 of
                 the
                 Christian
                 Princes
                 .
                 The
                 Pope
                 ,
                 the
                 Princes
                 of
                 Italy
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 King
                 of
                 Spain
                 ,
                 had
                 promised
                 him
                 large
                 sums
                 of
                 money
                 ,
                 for
                 which
                 he
                 had
                 great
                 occasion
                 ,
                 but
                 they
                 made
                 no
                 haste
                 to
                 send
                 them
                 .
                 Sweden
                 and
                 Lorain
                 gave
                 him
                 hopes
                 of
                 men
                 ,
                 but
                 he
                 heard
                 nothing
                 of
                 their
                 coming
                 ;
                 so
                 that
                 he
                 despaired
                 of
                 receiving
                 any
                 of
                 the
                 Succors
                 he
                 looked
                 for
                 time
                 enough
                 except
                 those
                 of
                 France
                 .
                 The
                 King
                 on
                 this
                 occasion
                 ,
                 as
                 on
                 a
                 thousand
                 others
                 shewed
                 himself
                 to
                 be
                 the
                 most
                 Christian
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 most
                 zealous
                 of
                 all
                 Princes
                 for
                 the
                 good
                 of
                 Christendom
                 ;
                 for
                 when
                 
                   Count
                   Strozzi
                
                 whom
                 we
                 spoke
                 of
                 ,
                 who
                 was
                 sent
                 from
                 his
                 Imperial
                 ,
                 to
                 his
                 Most
                 Christian
                 Majesty
                 ,
                 had
                 represented
                 the
                 necessity
                 the
                 Emperor
                 was
                 in
                 ,
                 the
                 King
                 granted
                 all
                 that
                 he
                 desired
                 ;
                 and
                 not
                 at
                 all
                 satisfied
                 that
                 they
                 should
                 limit
                 the
                 Succors
                 to
                 two
                 thousand
                 Horse
                 ,
                 and
                 four
                 thousand
                 Foot
                 ,
                 that
                 they
                 should
                 think
                 to
                 bound
                 his
                 liberality
                 ,
                 and
                 hinder
                 him
                 from
                 giving
                 more
                 splendid
                 marks
                 of
                 his
                 extraordinary
                 
                 generosity
                 ,
                 and
                 zeal
                 for
                 Religion
                 .
                 This
                 incomparable
                 Monarch
                 could
                 not
                 keep
                 himself
                 from
                 telling
                 his
                 Courtiers
                 ,
                 that
                 he
                 had
                 rather
                 they
                 were
                 in
                 Hungary
                 than
                 at
                 the
                 Louvre
                 ;
                 and
                 that
                 if
                 the
                 Dauphin
                 his
                 only
                 Son
                 were
                 old
                 enough
                 ,
                 he
                 would
                 send
                 him
                 to
                 this
                 War.
                 The
                 chief
                 of
                 the
                 Court
                 ,
                 and
                 Kingdom
                 were
                 ambitious
                 of
                 serving
                 as
                 Volunteers
                 under
                 
                   Count
                   Coligni
                
                 ,
                 whom
                 the
                 King
                 chose
                 to
                 be
                 General
                 ,
                 making
                 the
                 Duke
                 of
                 Feuillade
                 his
                 
                   Mareschal
                   de
                   Camp.
                
                 The
                 Duke
                 of
                 Bouillon
                 great
                 Chamberlain
                 of
                 France
                 ,
                 was
                 the
                 first
                 that
                 begg'd
                 leave
                 of
                 his
                 Majesty
                 to
                 make
                 this
                 Campagna
                 ,
                 his
                 example
                 was
                 followed
                 by
                 his
                 Brother
                 the
                 
                   Count
                   d'
                   Auvergn●
                
                 ,
                 the
                 
                   Chevaliers
                   de
                   Lorain
                
                 ,
                 and
                 
                   de
                   Rohan
                
                 ,
                 the
                 Dukes
                 of
                 Saubieze
                 and
                 Brisac
                 ,
                 the
                 Marquess
                 
                   de
                   Guitery
                
                 ,
                 Master
                 of
                 the
                 Wardrobe
                 ,
                 the
                 Marquises
                 
                   de
                   Ragny
                   ,
                   Villery
                   ,
                   Castelnau
                   ,
                   Seneçay
                   ,
                   Bethune
                   ,
                
                 and
                 Estrade
                 ;
                 the
                 
                   Counts
                   de
                   Saux
                
                 ,
                 and
                 Canaples
                 ,
                 the
                 
                   Chevaliers
                   de
                   St.
                   Agnan
                
                 ,
                 and
                 Coaslin
                 ,
                 and
                 several
                 others
                 who
                 prepared
                 themselves
                 to
                 signalize
                 their
                 valour
                 on
                 the
                 bank
                 of
                 Raab
                 ,
                 where
                 by
                 
                 and
                 by
                 we
                 shall
                 see
                 them
                 defeating
                 the
                 most
                 formidable
                 Enemy
                 of
                 Christendom
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 news
                 of
                 the
                 Troops
                 that
                 were
                 to
                 come
                 to
                 the
                 Emperors
                 assistance
                 being
                 brought
                 to
                 the
                 
                   Grand
                   Visier
                
                 ,
                 he
                 resolved
                 to
                 advance
                 his
                 Conquests
                 before
                 their
                 arrival
                 .
                 
                   Ismael
                   Bassa
                
                 whom
                 he
                 commanded
                 to
                 gain
                 the
                 passage
                 over
                 the
                 River
                 Mur
                 ,
                 having
                 been
                 repulsed
                 ,
                 as
                 we
                 said
                 before
                 by
                 
                   Count
                   Strozzi
                
                 ,
                 sought
                 a
                 more
                 favourable
                 place
                 ,
                 and
                 besieged
                 the
                 Fort
                 of
                 Serin
                 ,
                 which
                 commanded
                 all
                 the
                 Country
                 about
                 it
                 .
                 
                   Count
                   Nicolas
                   Serini
                
                 did
                 all
                 he
                 could
                 to
                 make
                 the
                 Enemy
                 retire
                 ,
                 and
                 perhaps
                 had
                 effected
                 it
                 ,
                 and
                 forced
                 them
                 to
                 give
                 over
                 their
                 enterprize
                 ,
                 if
                 
                   Achmet
                   Coprogli
                
                 ,
                 who
                 earnestly
                 sought
                 an
                 opportunity
                 of
                 disputing
                 the
                 glory
                 of
                 a
                 victory
                 with
                 this
                 General
                 ,
                 whose
                 reputation
                 was
                 so
                 great
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 Turks
                 trembled
                 at
                 his
                 very
                 name
                 ,
                 had
                 not
                 arrived
                 in
                 the
                 Camp
                 ,
                 with
                 the
                 Bassa's
                 of
                 Bossina
                 ,
                 and
                 Albania
                 ,
                 followed
                 by
                 a
                 body
                 of
                 twenty
                 thousand
                 men
                 ,
                 having
                 made
                 another
                 body
                 of
                 the
                 rest
                 of
                 his
                 Army
                 ,
                 which
                 
                 was
                 employed
                 in
                 another
                 place
                 ,
                 His
                 presence
                 animated
                 the
                 Souldiers
                 ,
                 who
                 were
                 discouraged
                 by
                 the
                 stout
                 resistance
                 of
                 their
                 Enemy
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 toils
                 they
                 indured
                 in
                 the
                 Siege
                 .
                 They
                 were
                 ashamed
                 not
                 to
                 follow
                 their
                 General
                 ,
                 who
                 exposed
                 himself
                 to
                 the
                 greatest
                 dangers
                 ,
                 and
                 would
                 have
                 gone
                 to
                 the
                 assault
                 himself
                 ,
                 if
                 the
                 crowd
                 of
                 the
                 Officers
                 of
                 the
                 Army
                 had
                 afforded
                 him
                 any
                 room
                 .
                 They
                 strove
                 who
                 should
                 first
                 take
                 the
                 Fort
                 ,
                 and
                 having
                 at
                 last
                 carried
                 it
                 ,
                 they
                 put
                 two
                 thousand
                 men
                 whom
                 they
                 found
                 there
                 in
                 Garrison
                 to
                 the
                 Sword
                 ,
                 inraged
                 that
                 such
                 an
                 handful
                 should
                 presume
                 to
                 resist
                 an
                 Army
                 of
                 forty
                 thousand
                 men
                 .
                 The
                 
                   Grand
                   Visier
                
                 caused
                 this
                 Fort
                 to
                 be
                 razed
                 ;
                 the
                 demolition
                 of
                 which
                 he
                 had
                 before
                 in
                 vain
                 demanded
                 of
                 the
                 Emperor
                 ,
                 because
                 it
                 awed
                 the
                 Ottoman
                 Garrison
                 in
                 Canisia
                 .
                 Afterwards
                 he
                 marched
                 against
                 little
                 Comora
                 ,
                 and
                 took
                 it
                 by
                 Composition
                 ;
                 and
                 hearing
                 that
                 
                   Count
                   Souches
                
                 one
                 of
                 the
                 Imperial
                 Generals
                 had
                 defeated
                 the
                 twenty
                 thousand
                 Tartars
                 ,
                 Moldavians
                 ,
                 and
                 Valachians
                 ,
                 whom
                 he
                 
                 sent
                 into
                 the
                 high
                 Hungary
                 ,
                 at
                 Sernevers
                 .
                 He
                 determined
                 to
                 extend
                 his
                 vengeance
                 to
                 the
                 very
                 Gates
                 of
                 Vienna
                 ,
                 to
                 waste
                 all
                 Austria
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 besiege
                 the
                 Emperor
                 in
                 the
                 Capital
                 City
                 of
                 his
                 Empire
                 .
                 To
                 this
                 purpose
                 he
                 approached
                 Sarvar
                 a
                 considerable
                 place
                 on
                 the
                 River
                 Raab
                 ;
                 but
                 seeing
                 no
                 likelihood
                 of
                 forcing
                 it
                 suddenly
                 ,
                 and
                 being
                 informed
                 that
                 the
                 imperial
                 Army
                 advanced
                 to
                 hinder
                 his
                 passage
                 ,
                 he
                 resolved
                 to
                 prevent
                 it
                 ,
                 and
                 marched
                 in
                 haste
                 to
                 possess
                 himself
                 of
                 the
                 Bridge
                 of
                 Kermen
                 ,
                 a
                 Town
                 on
                 the
                 same
                 River
                 ,
                 and
                 in
                 his
                 march
                 took
                 the
                 Town
                 of
                 Ergevart
                 ;
                 but
                 he
                 met
                 with
                 a
                 vigorous
                 resistance
                 when
                 he
                 came
                 to
                 the
                 Bridge
                 where
                 he
                 intended
                 to
                 pass
                 his
                 Army
                 .
                 
                   Count
                   Montecuculi
                
                 the
                 General
                 of
                 the
                 Imperial
                 Troops
                 ,
                 and
                 
                   Count
                   Hohenlac
                
                 ,
                 General
                 of
                 the
                 Confederates
                 ,
                 foresaw
                 that
                 the
                 
                   Grand
                   Visier
                
                 would
                 choose
                 this
                 passage
                 as
                 the
                 most
                 commodious
                 ,
                 and
                 were
                 come
                 thither
                 to
                 make
                 it
                 good
                 :
                 but
                 they
                 would
                 have
                 been
                 forced
                 to
                 have
                 quitted
                 it
                 ,
                 if
                 a
                 party
                 of
                 
                   Count
                   Coligni
                
                 ,
                 General
                 of
                 the
                 Auxiliary
                 French
                 Troops
                 
                 Cavalry
                 had
                 not
                 arrived
                 when
                 the
                 Turks
                 were
                 forcing
                 the
                 Bridge
                 .
                 This
                 General
                 ,
                 who
                 according
                 to
                 the
                 order
                 he
                 had
                 received
                 from
                 the
                 Generalissimo
                 ,
                 had
                 hastned
                 his
                 march
                 to
                 joyn
                 the
                 Imperial
                 Army
                 ,
                 advanced
                 with
                 some
                 Volunteers
                 ,
                 and
                 a
                 party
                 of
                 his
                 Guards
                 ,
                 and
                 for
                 almost
                 two
                 hours
                 together
                 withstood
                 all
                 the
                 fire
                 and
                 attempts
                 of
                 the
                 Ottomans
                 .
                 Then
                 the
                 Hungarians
                 who
                 were
                 deserted
                 by
                 the
                 Germans
                 ,
                 seeing
                 themselves
                 seconded
                 by
                 the
                 French
                 ,
                 took
                 heart
                 ,
                 and
                 fell
                 upon
                 the
                 Enemy
                 ,
                 who
                 was
                 forced
                 to
                 seek
                 a
                 pass
                 two
                 Musket-shot
                 lower
                 ,
                 where
                 the
                 French
                 Horse
                 still
                 behaved
                 themselves
                 gallantly
                 ,
                 and
                 drove
                 back
                 the
                 Ottoman
                 Army
                 ,
                 which
                 lost
                 there
                 abundance
                 of
                 Souldiers
                 and
                 Officers
                 ,
                 and
                 among
                 the
                 rest
                 the
                 Bassa
                 of
                 Bossina
                 ,
                 who
                 was
                 slain
                 fighting
                 in
                 the
                 formost
                 Ranks
                 .
                 The
                 Visier
                 who
                 would
                 not
                 shrink
                 from
                 the
                 resolution
                 he
                 had
                 taken
                 ,
                 impediments
                 increasing
                 his
                 thirst
                 of
                 victory
                 ,
                 persisted
                 obstinately
                 in
                 his
                 design
                 of
                 passing
                 the
                 Raab
                 .
                 Therefore
                 he
                 went
                 up
                 higher
                 towards
                 St.
                 Godard
                 ,
                 a
                 little
                 Village
                 ,
                 now
                 famous
                 for
                 the
                 action
                 
                 that
                 happened
                 there
                 ,
                 whither
                 he
                 was
                 followed
                 by
                 the
                 Christian
                 Army
                 ,
                 which
                 he
                 galled
                 with
                 Cannon-shot
                 all
                 night
                 ,
                 while
                 he
                 in
                 the
                 mean
                 time
                 held
                 a
                 Council
                 of
                 War
                 ,
                 where
                 it
                 was
                 concluded
                 to
                 swim
                 over
                 part
                 of
                 the
                 Cavalry
                 ,
                 and
                 pass
                 the
                 rest
                 over
                 a
                 bridge
                 ,
                 which
                 was
                 made
                 under
                 covert
                 of
                 the
                 Artillery
                 between
                 St.
                 Godard
                 and
                 
                   Glostorff
                   .
                   Ismael
                   Bassa
                
                 of
                 Buda
                 had
                 the
                 conduct
                 of
                 this
                 enterprize
                 ,
                 he
                 passed
                 at
                 the
                 head
                 of
                 six
                 thousand
                 Ianizaries
                 and
                 Spahies
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 flower
                 of
                 the
                 Ottoman
                 Army
                 .
                 The
                 
                   Grand
                   Visier
                
                 commanded
                 him
                 to
                 make
                 a
                 retrenchment
                 on
                 the
                 other
                 side
                 of
                 the
                 River
                 ,
                 to
                 amuse
                 the
                 Christians
                 ,
                 while
                 he
                 passed
                 the
                 body
                 of
                 his
                 Army
                 in
                 another
                 place
                 ,
                 that
                 they
                 might
                 charge
                 the
                 Imperialists
                 on
                 both
                 sides
                 :
                 but
                 Ismael
                 being
                 gotten
                 over
                 to
                 the
                 other
                 side
                 ,
                 in
                 spight
                 of
                 the
                 Germans
                 resistance
                 ,
                 could
                 not
                 withhold
                 his
                 Souldiers
                 from
                 assaulting
                 and
                 defeating
                 Count
                 Horlac's
                 Troops
                 that
                 disputed
                 the
                 Pass
                 with
                 them
                 .
                 After
                 which
                 he
                 possessed
                 himself
                 of
                 their
                 post
                 ,
                 where
                 he
                 retrenched
                 himself
                 ,
                 after
                 he
                 had
                 put
                 
                 them
                 to
                 flight
                 ,
                 taken
                 their
                 Cannon
                 ,
                 and
                 cut
                 off
                 above
                 two
                 thousand
                 heads
                 .
                 He
                 presently
                 sent
                 the
                 
                   Grand
                   Visier
                
                 word
                 that
                 he
                 was
                 master
                 of
                 the
                 Pass
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 if
                 he
                 would
                 advance
                 with
                 the
                 rest
                 of
                 the
                 Army
                 ,
                 he
                 might
                 cut
                 the
                 Imperialists
                 in
                 pieces
                 .
                 Upon
                 this
                 advice
                 Achmet
                 caused
                 more
                 Troops
                 to
                 pass
                 over
                 to
                 him
                 ,
                 who
                 not
                 having
                 room
                 enough
                 to
                 put
                 themselves
                 in
                 order
                 to
                 fight
                 ,
                 were
                 attacked
                 by
                 the
                 French
                 ;
                 and
                 the
                 Cavalry
                 too
                 being
                 in
                 the
                 same
                 distress
                 ,
                 were
                 not
                 able
                 to
                 resist
                 the
                 onset
                 of
                 the
                 illustrious
                 French
                 Volunteers
                 :
                 so
                 that
                 the
                 first
                 Ranks
                 turning
                 their
                 backs
                 ,
                 they
                 were
                 all
                 so
                 disordered
                 ,
                 that
                 they
                 betook
                 themselves
                 to
                 flight
                 ,
                 and
                 threw
                 themselves
                 into
                 the
                 Raab
                 ,
                 where
                 they
                 were
                 drowned
                 in
                 sight
                 of
                 the
                 rest
                 of
                 their
                 Army
                 ,
                 and
                 their
                 General
                 ,
                 who
                 not
                 being
                 able
                 to
                 assist
                 them
                 ,
                 did
                 all
                 that
                 a
                 great
                 Captain
                 could
                 do
                 to
                 animate
                 his
                 Souldiers
                 ,
                 and
                 make
                 them
                 renew
                 the
                 Fight
                 ,
                 that
                 they
                 might
                 revenge
                 the
                 defeat
                 of
                 their
                 companions
                 ;
                 but
                 they
                 were
                 seized
                 with
                 such
                 a
                 panic
                 fear
                 ,
                 that
                 they
                 gave
                 back
                 instead
                 of
                 
                 advancing
                 .
                 The
                 Visier
                 in
                 vain
                 represented
                 to
                 them
                 how
                 much
                 they
                 were
                 concerned
                 to
                 repair
                 their
                 loss
                 ,
                 for
                 they
                 persisted
                 in
                 their
                 disobedience
                 .
                 He
                 went
                 himself
                 before
                 them
                 with
                 his
                 Simitar
                 in
                 his
                 hand
                 ,
                 promising
                 them
                 victory
                 ,
                 and
                 great
                 rewards
                 if
                 they
                 would
                 go
                 where
                 their
                 honour
                 called
                 them
                 ,
                 and
                 conjured
                 them
                 to
                 follow
                 him
                 ;
                 but
                 seeing
                 this
                 did
                 not
                 prevail
                 ,
                 he
                 added
                 threats
                 to
                 his
                 intreaties
                 ,
                 and
                 upbraided
                 their
                 baseness
                 .
                 His
                 fury
                 carried
                 him
                 so
                 far
                 ,
                 that
                 he
                 had
                 like
                 to
                 have
                 perished
                 in
                 sight
                 of
                 his
                 disobedient
                 Army
                 ,
                 and
                 not
                 able
                 to
                 suppress
                 his
                 indignation
                 any
                 longer
                 ,
                 he
                 killed
                 three
                 Officers
                 with
                 his
                 own
                 hand
                 ,
                 whom
                 he
                 in
                 vain
                 called
                 by
                 their
                 names
                 to
                 follow
                 him
                 ,
                 pursuing
                 two
                 more
                 ,
                 who
                 cried
                 out
                 to
                 him●
                 that
                 they
                 came
                 to
                 make
                 War
                 on
                 the
                 Transylvanians
                 and
                 Hungarians
                 ,
                 and
                 not
                 to
                 fight
                 with
                 the
                 French.
                 This
                 brave
                 General
                 finding
                 there
                 was
                 no
                 remedy
                 ,
                 caused
                 his
                 Troops
                 to
                 retreat
                 into
                 a
                 secure
                 place
                 ,
                 and
                 he
                 with
                 his
                 followers
                 only
                 retired
                 into
                 a
                 quarter
                 apart
                 ,
                 to
                 shew
                 how
                 he
                 contemned
                 his
                 
                 own
                 Army
                 .
                 He
                 sent
                 with
                 a
                 great
                 deal
                 of
                 civility
                 to
                 the
                 Christian
                 Generals
                 to
                 demand
                 several
                 Captains
                 ,
                 and
                 some
                 Bassa's
                 ,
                 and
                 chiefly
                 Ismael
                 who
                 perished
                 in
                 the
                 Fight
                 ,
                 which
                 lasted
                 nine
                 hours
                 ;
                 offering
                 whatever
                 they
                 pleased
                 for
                 their
                 ransom
                 ,
                 if
                 they
                 were
                 Prisoners
                 ,
                 and
                 sent
                 back
                 all
                 the
                 Christian
                 prisoners
                 that
                 were
                 in
                 his
                 Camp.
                 After
                 the
                 Battle
                 ,
                 the
                 two
                 Armies
                 attempted
                 nothing
                 considerable
                 ,
                 but
                 stood
                 upon
                 their
                 guard
                 only
                 .
                 The
                 Turkish
                 Officers
                 and
                 Captains
                 being
                 ashamed
                 of
                 their
                 disobedience
                 ,
                 desired
                 their
                 General
                 to
                 let
                 them
                 recover
                 their
                 credit
                 by
                 some
                 Siege
                 ,
                 or
                 any
                 thing
                 but
                 engaging
                 the
                 Christian
                 Army
                 :
                 but
                 the
                 places
                 they
                 proposed
                 to
                 besiege
                 were
                 of
                 so
                 little
                 importance
                 ,
                 that
                 he
                 reproached
                 their
                 cowardize
                 ,
                 and
                 flight
                 before
                 an
                 handful
                 of
                 men
                 tired
                 with
                 a
                 long
                 journey
                 ;
                 and
                 told
                 them
                 he
                 would
                 have
                 no
                 more
                 to
                 do
                 with
                 Souldiers
                 who
                 disgraced
                 the
                 Ottoman
                 Empire
                 ,
                 and
                 by
                 their
                 baseness
                 sullied
                 the
                 glory
                 of
                 their
                 Ancestors
                 .
              
               
               
                 After
                 this
                 Declaration
                 he
                 sent
                 the
                 
                   Grand
                   Signior
                
                 word
                 of
                 his
                 loss
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 disobedience
                 of
                 his
                 Troops
                 ,
                 and
                 advised
                 him
                 to
                 renew
                 the
                 Peace
                 between
                 the
                 two
                 Empires
                 ,
                 to
                 prevent
                 his
                 being
                 exposed
                 to
                 a
                 second
                 disgrace
                 :
                 all
                 the
                 Divan
                 was
                 of
                 his
                 opinion
                 .
                 The
                 Sultan
                 sent
                 him
                 order
                 to
                 conclude
                 it
                 ,
                 and
                 gave
                 notice
                 to
                 the
                 Emperors
                 Resident
                 ,
                 that
                 to
                 stop
                 the
                 progress
                 of
                 the
                 War
                 ,
                 they
                 should
                 renew
                 the
                 Conferences
                 that
                 were
                 held
                 at
                 Themiswar
                 .
                 The
                 Resident
                 immediately
                 sent
                 away
                 a
                 Courrier
                 to
                 advertise
                 Prince
                 Lakowits
                 the
                 President
                 of
                 the
                 Emperors
                 Council
                 of
                 War
                 ,
                 who
                 willingly
                 entertained
                 the
                 proposition
                 ,
                 and
                 negotiated
                 so
                 secretly
                 with
                 the
                 
                   Visier
                   Azem
                
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 Peace
                 was
                 published
                 before
                 it
                 was
                 thought
                 to
                 be
                 treated
                 of
                 .
              
               
                 All
                 the
                 world
                 was
                 surprized
                 at
                 this
                 suddain
                 Peace
                 ;
                 the
                 Imperialists
                 were
                 of
                 opinion
                 that
                 it
                 was
                 opportunely
                 concluded
                 :
                 but
                 it
                 is
                 certain
                 ,
                 that
                 if
                 it
                 had
                 not
                 been
                 made
                 so
                 hastily
                 ,
                 and
                 they
                 had
                 then
                 pursued
                 the
                 Turks
                 when
                 they
                 were
                 discouraged
                 by
                 their
                 losses
                 and
                 disorder
                 in
                 the
                 Battle
                 of
                 S.
                 Godard
                 ,
                 
                 the
                 rest
                 of
                 Hungary
                 and
                 Transylvania
                 might
                 have
                 been
                 recovered
                 ,
                 which
                 the
                 Sultan
                 without
                 doubt
                 would
                 have
                 surrendered
                 ,
                 to
                 finish
                 a
                 War
                 that
                 imployed
                 the
                 best
                 part
                 of
                 his
                 Forces
                 ,
                 which
                 he
                 wanted
                 to
                 oppose
                 the
                 Sophy
                 ,
                 who
                 made
                 new
                 attempts
                 on
                 Babylon
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Provinces
                 bordering
                 on
                 Persia
                 ,
                 to
                 preserve
                 his
                 Conquests
                 in
                 Candia
                 ,
                 from
                 whence
                 the
                 Venetians
                 were
                 driving
                 him
                 ;
                 and
                 to
                 appease
                 the
                 troubles
                 which
                 the
                 revolt
                 of
                 the
                 Governour
                 
                   Chazan
                   Bassa
                
                 had
                 raised
                 in
                 Egypt
                 .
              
               
                 All
                 Christendom
                 having
                 taken
                 Arms
                 to
                 assist
                 the
                 Emperor
                 ,
                 would
                 have
                 made
                 great
                 advantages
                 by
                 the
                 continuation
                 of
                 the
                 War
                 against
                 the
                 common
                 Enemy
                 ,
                 and
                 particularly
                 the
                 Commonwealth
                 of
                 Venice
                 would
                 have
                 forced
                 him
                 wholly
                 to
                 quit
                 his
                 design
                 upon
                 Candia
                 .
                 There
                 can
                 never
                 happen
                 so
                 proper
                 a
                 conjuncture
                 to
                 humble
                 the
                 Sultan's
                 pride
                 .
                 All
                 the
                 Potentates
                 of
                 Europe
                 were
                 ready
                 to
                 unite
                 against
                 him
                 .
                 His
                 own
                 Dominions
                 were
                 disturbed
                 with
                 intestine
                 broils
                 ;
                 the
                 Sophy
                 and
                 the
                 other
                 Princes
                 of
                 Asia
                 were
                 about
                 to
                 declare
                 War
                 against
                 him
                 .
                 
                 The
                 Venetians
                 had
                 a
                 strong
                 Fleet
                 at
                 Sea.
                 Every
                 thing
                 seemed
                 to
                 contribute
                 to
                 his
                 ruine
                 .
                 But
                 the
                 Emperor
                 by
                 a
                 mistaken
                 policy
                 took
                 false
                 measures
                 ,
                 which
                 in
                 the
                 consequence
                 fell
                 heavy
                 not
                 only
                 upon
                 himself
                 ,
                 but
                 the
                 common
                 interest
                 of
                 Christendom
                 ;
                 for
                 he
                 concluded
                 such
                 a
                 Peace
                 as
                 left
                 the
                 Sultan
                 at
                 liberty
                 to
                 assemble
                 all
                 his
                 Forces
                 against
                 Candia
                 ;
                 which
                 proved
                 afterward
                 to
                 be
                 the
                 loss
                 of
                 that
                 Island
                 .
                 Whereas
                 ,
                 had
                 his
                 Imperial
                 Majesty
                 comprehended
                 the
                 Venetians
                 in
                 his
                 Treaty
                 ,
                 it
                 might
                 on
                 the
                 other
                 side
                 have
                 turned
                 as
                 much
                 to
                 the
                 advantage
                 of
                 that
                 Commonwealth
                 .
                 This
                 proceeding
                 gave
                 likewise
                 great
                 offence
                 to
                 the
                 most
                 Christian
                 King
                 ,
                 who
                 had
                 so
                 generously
                 assisted
                 the
                 Emperor
                 against
                 the
                 Ottoman
                 power
                 ,
                 in
                 the
                 preservation
                 of
                 his
                 Hereditary
                 Countries
                 ,
                 which
                 at
                 that
                 time
                 his
                 Imperial
                 Majesty
                 was
                 not
                 of
                 himself
                 in
                 condition
                 to
                 defend
                 .
                 The
                 French
                 were
                 but
                 ill
                 requited
                 for
                 their
                 pains
                 ,
                 particularly
                 by
                 the
                 Confederates
                 ,
                 who
                 shamefully
                 left
                 them
                 as
                 soon
                 as
                 they
                 saw
                 them
                 engaged
                 with
                 the
                 
                 Turks
                 ;
                 insomuch
                 that
                 
                   Count
                   Horlac
                
                 the
                 Confederates
                 General
                 ,
                 not
                 being
                 able
                 to
                 make
                 them
                 stand
                 ,
                 retired
                 into
                 a
                 Wood
                 ,
                 where
                 he
                 was
                 found
                 after
                 the
                 Battle
                 foaming
                 with
                 rage
                 ,
                 to
                 see
                 some
                 of
                 our
                 Captains
                 and
                 Volunteers
                 covered
                 with
                 their
                 own
                 ,
                 and
                 their
                 enemies
                 blood
                 ;
                 who
                 asked
                 him
                 what
                 became
                 of
                 his
                 Troops
                 ,
                 and
                 why
                 they
                 would
                 not
                 partake
                 of
                 the
                 honour
                 of
                 the
                 victory
                 ,
                 The
                 generosity
                 of
                 our
                 Souldiers
                 which
                 deserved
                 the
                 acknowledgment
                 ,
                 and
                 friendship
                 of
                 the
                 Germans
                 ,
                 received
                 so
                 much
                 the
                 contrary
                 ,
                 that
                 they
                 would
                 not
                 allow
                 them
                 so
                 much
                 as
                 victuals
                 and
                 forrage
                 ;
                 so
                 that
                 the
                 Officers
                 were
                 forced-to
                 use
                 threats
                 ,
                 to
                 get
                 necessaries
                 for
                 the
                 subsistance
                 of
                 their
                 Troops
                 in
                 their
                 return
                 to
                 France
                 ,
                 whither
                 they
                 led
                 them
                 ,
                 the
                 Proclamation
                 of
                 the
                 Peace
                 leaving
                 them
                 no
                 more
                 to
                 do
                 in
                 Hungary
                 and
                 Germany
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Achmet
                   Coprogli
                
                 was
                 afraid
                 he
                 should
                 have
                 been
                 forced
                 to
                 have
                 relinquished
                 many
                 of
                 his
                 Masters
                 pretensions
                 ;
                 but
                 seeing
                 how
                 easily
                 the
                 Emperor
                 was
                 satisfied
                 ,
                 he
                 managed
                 the
                 Sultans
                 
                 interest
                 as
                 well
                 as
                 he
                 could
                 ,
                 and
                 subscribed
                 to
                 Articles
                 which
                 he
                 at
                 another
                 conjuncture
                 would
                 never
                 have
                 agreed
                 to
                 .
                 He
                 sent
                 them
                 presently
                 away
                 to
                 his
                 Highness
                 to
                 be
                 ratified
                 ,
                 and
                 in
                 the
                 mean
                 time
                 he
                 retreated
                 to
                 Belgrade
                 ,
                 where
                 he
                 dismissed
                 the
                 Asian
                 Troops
                 ,
                 to
                 go
                 and
                 Winter
                 in
                 their
                 own
                 Country
                 ,
                 and
                 sent
                 those
                 of
                 Europe
                 to
                 Winter
                 in
                 Bossina
                 ,
                 that
                 they
                 might
                 be
                 the
                 nearer
                 to
                 Dalmatia
                 ,
                 which
                 he
                 intended
                 to
                 attacque
                 the
                 next
                 Campagna
                 .
              
               
                 Nothing
                 now
                 remain'd
                 for
                 him
                 to
                 do
                 but
                 to
                 return
                 to
                 Constantinople
                 ,
                 where
                 his
                 friends
                 and
                 the
                 people
                 impatiently
                 expected
                 him
                 ;
                 but
                 he
                 would
                 not
                 set
                 forward
                 without
                 the
                 
                   Grand
                   Signior's
                
                 order
                 ,
                 and
                 till
                 he
                 had
                 received
                 the
                 ratification
                 of
                 the
                 Peace
                 .
                 It
                 was
                 the
                 more
                 welcome
                 at
                 Constantinople
                 at
                 this
                 time
                 ,
                 
                 because
                 it
                 fell
                 out
                 at
                 the
                 birth
                 of
                 the
                 
                 Sultan's
                 Son
                 ,
                 who
                 by
                 the
                 death
                 of
                 his
                 Brother
                 was
                 looked
                 on
                 as
                 
                   Chas
                   Adas
                
                 ,
                 which
                 is
                 as
                 much
                 as
                 the
                 eldest
                 Son
                 ,
                 and
                 Heir
                 of
                 the
                 Empire
                 .
              
               
               
                 The
                 first
                 Article
                 of
                 the
                 Peace
                 ,
                 was
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 Emperors
                 should
                 send
                 Embassadors
                 to
                 one
                 another
                 ,
                 who
                 should
                 bring
                 the
                 Ratifications
                 ,
                 and
                 presents
                 usual
                 on
                 the
                 like
                 occasions
                 .
                 The
                 
                   Grand
                   Signior
                
                 pitched
                 upon
                 
                   Mahomet
                   Bassa
                
                 ,
                 and
                 sent
                 a
                 rich
                 Vest
                 by
                 him
                 to
                 the
                 
                   Visier
                   Azem
                
                 ,
                 whom
                 he
                 should
                 find
                 at
                 Belgrade
                 ,
                 and
                 receive
                 the
                 Instructions
                 of
                 his
                 Embassie
                 from
                 him
                 .
                 Mahomet
                 acquitted
                 himself
                 faithfully
                 of
                 his
                 Highnesses
                 Commissions
                 ,
                 and
                 at
                 the
                 same
                 time
                 that
                 Achmet
                 received
                 from
                 him
                 the
                 marks
                 of
                 his
                 Masters
                 gratitude
                 and
                 affection
                 ,
                 he
                 was
                 informed
                 of
                 the
                 death
                 of
                 generous
                 
                   Count
                   Serini
                
                 .
                 This
                 news
                 so
                 surprized
                 the
                 
                   Grand
                   Visier
                
                 ,
                 that
                 he
                 broke
                 off
                 his
                 conversation
                 with
                 
                   Mahomet
                   Bassa
                
                 ,
                 to
                 learn
                 the
                 particulars
                 of
                 that
                 sad
                 accident
                 ,
                 which
                 no
                 relation
                 hitherto
                 has
                 given
                 a
                 clear
                 account
                 of
                 ,
                 as
                 I
                 find
                 by
                 some
                 secret
                 Memoires
                 which
                 have
                 more
                 truth
                 in
                 them
                 .
              
               
                 It
                 was
                 told
                 the
                 Ottoman
                 General
                 ,
                 that
                 his
                 victorious
                 Arms
                 having
                 forced
                 
                   Count
                   Serini
                
                 to
                 raise
                 the
                 Siege
                 of
                 Canisia
                 ,
                 he
                 retired
                 into
                 a
                 Fort
                 of
                 his
                 
                 own
                 name
                 ,
                 which
                 he
                 had
                 built
                 ,
                 extremely
                 dissatisfied
                 that
                 this
                 enterprize
                 ,
                 as
                 well
                 as
                 several
                 others
                 before
                 had
                 succeeded
                 no
                 better
                 for
                 want
                 of
                 necessary
                 assistance
                 ;
                 and
                 that
                 his
                 vexation
                 for
                 the
                 loss
                 ,
                 and
                 raising
                 of
                 the
                 said
                 Fort
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 ill
                 usage
                 he
                 received
                 from
                 the
                 Emperor
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Imperial
                 Diet
                 ,
                 caused
                 him
                 to
                 retire
                 into
                 one
                 of
                 his
                 Country
                 houses
                 ,
                 to
                 comfort
                 himself
                 in
                 the
                 tranquillity
                 of
                 a
                 private
                 life
                 ,
                 for
                 the
                 inconstancy
                 of
                 his
                 fortune
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 injustice
                 of
                 the
                 Court
                 ;
                 where
                 those
                 who
                 held
                 the
                 first
                 rank
                 ,
                 as
                 being
                 the
                 most
                 powerful
                 ,
                 and
                 considerable
                 persons
                 in
                 the
                 Empire
                 ,
                 not
                 satisfied
                 with
                 hindering
                 the
                 Diet
                 from
                 choosing
                 him
                 Generalissimo
                 of
                 the
                 Army
                 ,
                 which
                 command
                 justly
                 belonged
                 to
                 him
                 ,
                 still
                 continued
                 their
                 design
                 of
                 destroying
                 him
                 ,
                 to
                 satiate
                 their
                 envy
                 ,
                 and
                 free
                 themselves
                 from
                 their
                 apprehension
                 that
                 this
                 Hero
                 would
                 one
                 day
                 shew
                 his
                 resentment
                 of
                 their
                 ingratitude
                 .
                 But
                 not
                 daring
                 to
                 attempt
                 his
                 life
                 openly
                 ,
                 with
                 their
                 Arms
                 in
                 their
                 hands
                 ,
                 their
                 Court-treachery
                 pursued
                 him
                 in
                 the
                 midst
                 of
                 the
                 
                 Forrests
                 ,
                 where
                 ,
                 as
                 he
                 was
                 wont
                 to
                 do
                 ,
                 diverting
                 his
                 melancholy
                 with
                 Hunting
                 ,
                 he
                 was
                 killed
                 with
                 a
                 blow
                 he
                 received
                 in
                 the
                 chase
                 of
                 a
                 prodigious
                 great
                 Wild
                 Boar
                 ,
                 which
                 he
                 had
                 already
                 wounded
                 ;
                 to
                 whose
                 fury
                 the
                 authors
                 of
                 his
                 death
                 falsly
                 attributed
                 his
                 murther
                 ,
                 and
                 accordingly
                 contrived
                 the
                 relations
                 of
                 it
                 ;
                 endeavouring
                 so
                 to
                 palliate
                 the
                 enormity
                 of
                 an
                 action
                 which
                 it
                 was
                 their
                 interest
                 should
                 be
                 eternally
                 concealed
                 .
              
               
                 This
                 recital
                 had
                 a
                 contrary
                 effect
                 to
                 what
                 was
                 reported
                 .
                 Generous
                 Achmet
                 considering
                 the
                 hard
                 fate
                 of
                 valiant
                 
                   Count
                   Serini
                
                 ,
                 who
                 may
                 well
                 be
                 accounted
                 the
                 greatest
                 Hero
                 of
                 this
                 Age
                 ,
                 far
                 from
                 rejoycing
                 at
                 the
                 fall
                 of
                 so
                 dangerous
                 an
                 enemy
                 ,
                 was
                 so
                 touched
                 at
                 it
                 ,
                 that
                 all
                 the
                 satisfaction
                 he
                 reaped
                 from
                 the
                 Grand
                 Signior's
                 obliging
                 expressions
                 ,
                 which
                 
                   Mahomet
                   Bassa
                
                 informed
                 him
                 of
                 ,
                 could
                 not
                 keep
                 him
                 from
                 shewing
                 his
                 grief
                 ,
                 and
                 lamenting
                 the
                 unhappy
                 end
                 of
                 a
                 Captain
                 who
                 had
                 so
                 obstructed
                 the
                 progress
                 of
                 the
                 Ottoman
                 Arms
                 ,
                 to
                 that
                 degree
                 ,
                 that
                 he
                 was
                 angry
                 with
                 the
                 neighbouring
                 
                 Turks
                 for
                 making
                 Bonfires
                 when
                 they
                 heard
                 of
                 it
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 
                   Grand
                   Visier
                
                 having
                 learned
                 the
                 Sultans
                 intentions
                 ,
                 dispatched
                 
                   Mahomet
                   Bassa
                
                 ,
                 that
                 he
                 might
                 arrive
                 at
                 Vienna
                 ,
                 at
                 the
                 same
                 time
                 that
                 
                   Count
                   Lesbley
                
                 ,
                 whom
                 the
                 Emperor
                 sent
                 to
                 the
                 Port
                 ,
                 should
                 come
                 to
                 Adrianople
                 ,
                 where
                 the
                 
                   Grand
                   Signior
                
                 was
                 .
                 Then
                 having
                 commanded
                 the
                 Bassa's
                 of
                 Bossina
                 and
                 Albania
                 to
                 have
                 their
                 Troops
                 ready
                 to
                 pass
                 into
                 Dalmatia
                 with
                 the
                 Sultans
                 first
                 orders
                 ,
                 he
                 began
                 his
                 journey
                 to
                 Constantinople
                 ,
                 where
                 he
                 met
                 with
                 the
                 applauses
                 due
                 to
                 his
                 great
                 conduct
                 ,
                 and
                 invincible
                 courage
                 .
                 The
                 Emperor
                 Mahomet
                 received
                 him
                 with
                 open
                 arms
                 ,
                 and
                 sufficiently
                 manifested
                 his
                 kindness
                 for
                 ,
                 and
                 esteem
                 of
                 this
                 great
                 Minister
                 ,
                 who
                 far
                 from
                 abusing
                 his
                 favour
                 ,
                 would
                 have
                 made
                 use
                 of
                 it
                 ,
                 to
                 obtain
                 pardon
                 for
                 those
                 Officers
                 who
                 disobeyed
                 him
                 when
                 he
                 pressed
                 them
                 to
                 fight
                 ,
                 and
                 would
                 hardly
                 suffer
                 the
                 Sultan
                 to
                 put
                 five
                 or
                 six
                 of
                 them
                 to
                 death
                 ,
                 for
                 an
                 example
                 to
                 the
                 rest
                 :
                 not
                 but
                 that
                 he
                 was
                 as
                 sensible
                 of
                 their
                 baseness
                 as
                 of
                 the
                 
                 bravery
                 of
                 the
                 French
                 ,
                 whose
                 courage
                 he
                 commended
                 in
                 the
                 Grand
                 Signior's
                 presence
                 ,
                 and
                 testified
                 how
                 much
                 he
                 valued
                 them
                 ,
                 by
                 his
                 kind
                 reception
                 of
                 ,
                 and
                 civility
                 to
                 
                   Monsieur
                   de
                   la
                   Haye
                
                 ,
                 then
                 Embassador
                 of
                 France
                 at
                 the
                 Port
                 ,
                 whom
                 he
                 entertained
                 three
                 days
                 together
                 in
                 his
                 house
                 ,
                 treating
                 him
                 with
                 more
                 respect
                 than
                 was
                 ever
                 shewn
                 to
                 any
                 Embassador
                 before
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 
                   Grand
                   Visiers
                
                 return
                 gave
                 the
                 
                   Grand
                   Signior
                
                 the
                 freedom
                 of
                 diverting
                 himself
                 with
                 Hunting
                 ,
                 and
                 his
                 Women
                 ;
                 for
                 leaving
                 all
                 his
                 affairs
                 to
                 his
                 care
                 ,
                 which
                 he
                 had
                 looked
                 after
                 in
                 his
                 absence
                 ,
                 he
                 retired
                 to
                 one
                 of
                 his
                 pleasant
                 Country
                 Houses
                 ,
                 which
                 the
                 Turks
                 call
                 Chioufti
                 ,
                 not
                 far
                 from
                 Constantinople
                 ,
                 where
                 
                   Achmet
                   Coprogli
                
                 staid
                 to
                 send
                 relief
                 to
                 Canea
                 ,
                 which
                 was
                 still
                 distressed
                 by
                 the
                 Venetians
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 see
                 the
                 
                 Sultan's
                 Revenues
                 paid
                 ,
                 and
                 replenish
                 his
                 Treasury
                 ,
                 which
                 was
                 exhausted
                 by
                 the
                 Wars
                 .
                 That
                 of
                 Candia
                 was
                 incredibly
                 expensive
                 ,
                 all
                 the
                 Ammunition
                 and
                 Recruits
                 that
                 were
                 sent
                 thither
                 were
                 little
                 enough
                 ;
                 and
                 the
                 innumerable
                 Forces
                 
                 that
                 had
                 been
                 consumed
                 in
                 it
                 ,
                 had
                 made
                 but
                 a
                 very
                 slender
                 progress
                 :
                 therefore
                 he
                 considered
                 how
                 he
                 might
                 put
                 a
                 speedy
                 end
                 to
                 it
                 .
                 He
                 applied
                 himself
                 diligently
                 to
                 put
                 the
                 affairs
                 of
                 the
                 Port
                 into
                 such
                 a
                 posture
                 ,
                 as
                 might
                 permit
                 him
                 to
                 go
                 thither
                 himself
                 ;
                 and
                 the
                 conquest
                 of
                 this
                 Island
                 seeming
                 to
                 him
                 the
                 most
                 glorious
                 that
                 he
                 could
                 ever
                 make
                 ,
                 he
                 promised
                 himself
                 both
                 good
                 success
                 in
                 his
                 expedition
                 ,
                 and
                 immortal
                 renown
                 ,
                 not
                 only
                 among
                 the
                 Turks
                 ,
                 who
                 knowing
                 the
                 importance
                 of
                 the
                 Kingdom
                 of
                 Candia
                 ,
                 obstinately
                 contended
                 for
                 the
                 mastery
                 of
                 it
                 twenty
                 years
                 ;
                 but
                 also
                 among
                 all
                 other
                 Nations
                 ,
                 who
                 would
                 admire
                 the
                 valour
                 of
                 the
                 Defendants
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 constancy
                 of
                 the
                 Besiegers
                 .
                 Nor
                 did
                 he
                 doubt
                 of
                 effecting
                 more
                 by
                 his
                 presence
                 than
                 all
                 the
                 Generals
                 that
                 had
                 been
                 sent
                 thither
                 before
                 had
                 done
                 .
                 His
                 design
                 was
                 to
                 finish
                 the
                 War
                 by
                 taking
                 the
                 Capital
                 City
                 ,
                 which
                 he
                 resolved
                 to
                 besiege
                 with
                 all
                 the
                 vigour
                 and
                 pains
                 that
                 can
                 be
                 expected
                 from
                 a
                 Captain
                 perfectly
                 instructed
                 in
                 the
                 art
                 of
                 War.
                 He
                 communicated
                 
                 his
                 intentions
                 to
                 his
                 Highness
                 ,
                 and
                 remonstrated
                 to
                 him
                 that
                 he
                 ought
                 not
                 any
                 longer
                 to
                 oppose
                 his
                 departure
                 from
                 Constantinople
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 great
                 preparations
                 he
                 made
                 were
                 soon
                 known
                 to
                 the
                 Venetians
                 ,
                 who
                 on
                 their
                 side
                 disposed
                 themselves
                 to
                 resist
                 them
                 ;
                 but
                 not
                 finding
                 themselves
                 strong
                 enough
                 ,
                 they
                 sent
                 Embassadors
                 to
                 implore
                 the
                 assistance
                 of
                 all
                 the
                 Christian
                 Princes
                 .
              
               
                 In
                 the
                 mean
                 time
                 all
                 things
                 being
                 ready
                 for
                 the
                 
                   Grand
                   Visiers
                
                 Expedition
                 ,
                 he
                 parted
                 from
                 Constantinople
                 with
                 the
                 
                   Grand
                   Signior
                
                 (
                 who
                 for
                 some
                 reasons
                 you
                 will
                 learn
                 hereafter
                 ,
                 never
                 returned
                 thither
                 since
                 )
                 and
                 followed
                 him
                 to
                 Adrianople
                 ,
                 and
                 from
                 thence
                 to
                 Larissa
                 ,
                 where
                 he
                 took
                 leave
                 of
                 his
                 Highness
                 to
                 go
                 to
                 Thebes
                 ,
                 waiting
                 for
                 the
                 union
                 of
                 the
                 Troops
                 he
                 was
                 to
                 lead
                 .
                 As
                 soon
                 as
                 they
                 were
                 assembled
                 he
                 caused
                 them
                 to
                 march
                 to
                 
                   Napoli
                   di
                   Romania
                
                 ,
                 which
                 place
                 he
                 chose
                 for
                 the
                 general
                 Rendevouze
                 ,
                 and
                 then
                 went
                 to
                 meet
                 his
                 Wife
                 Iohaime
                 ,
                 and
                 Fatima
                 his
                 Mother
                 ,
                 who
                 would
                 needs
                 accompany
                 him
                 in
                 his
                 voyage
                 .
                 He
                 was
                 
                 glad
                 of
                 having
                 the
                 advantage
                 of
                 her
                 counsel
                 ,
                 whose
                 wit
                 ,
                 and
                 courage
                 was
                 above
                 her
                 Sex.
                 With
                 these
                 two
                 persons
                 who
                 were
                 so
                 dear
                 to
                 him
                 he
                 embarqued
                 at
                 Malvezie
                 ,
                 and
                 set
                 sail
                 for
                 Canea
                 ,
                 where
                 his
                 arrival
                 animated
                 the
                 besieged
                 ,
                 who
                 were
                 closely
                 pressed
                 by
                 the
                 Venetians
                 .
                 At
                 his
                 first
                 coming
                 he
                 forced
                 the
                 Enemy
                 to
                 retire
                 ,
                 and
                 after
                 he
                 had
                 visited
                 the
                 place
                 ,
                 took
                 a
                 general
                 review
                 of
                 all
                 the
                 Troops
                 that
                 were
                 in
                 the
                 Island
                 ,
                 and
                 those
                 that
                 he
                 brought
                 along
                 with
                 him
                 ,
                 and
                 then
                 with
                 a
                 small
                 party
                 went
                 to
                 view
                 the
                 old
                 Town
                 of
                 Candia
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 take
                 notice
                 how
                 the
                 former
                 siege
                 was
                 disposed
                 .
                 The
                 Venetians
                 being
                 advertised
                 of
                 his
                 approach
                 ,
                 sallied
                 out
                 ,
                 and
                 repulsed
                 him
                 ;
                 but
                 his
                 design
                 being
                 to
                 end
                 this
                 tedious
                 ,
                 expensive
                 War
                 ,
                 by
                 taking
                 the
                 chief
                 City
                 ,
                 he
                 soon
                 returned
                 with
                 a
                 more
                 considerable
                 body
                 of
                 men
                 ,
                 that
                 he
                 might
                 with
                 more
                 safety
                 view
                 the
                 Country
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 out-works
                 of
                 the
                 place
                 ,
                 about
                 which
                 he
                 pitched
                 a
                 new
                 Camp
                 ,
                 and
                 drew
                 lines
                 for
                 a
                 more
                 regular
                 Siege
                 than
                 the
                 former
                 ;
                 the
                 execution
                 of
                 which
                 he
                 
                 found
                 very
                 difficult
                 ;
                 for
                 not
                 having
                 been
                 truly
                 informed
                 of
                 the
                 Forces
                 of
                 the
                 Town
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 situation
                 of
                 the
                 Country
                 .
                 He
                 saw
                 it
                 would
                 cost
                 him
                 more
                 pains
                 ,
                 and
                 time
                 ,
                 than
                 he
                 expected
                 it
                 would
                 .
                 However
                 not
                 at
                 al
                 discouraged
                 by
                 the
                 difficulties
                 he
                 met
                 with
                 ,
                 he
                 carried
                 on
                 the
                 works
                 with
                 such
                 diligence
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 besieged
                 were
                 quickly
                 reduced
                 to
                 employ
                 all
                 the
                 industry
                 of
                 their
                 Engineers
                 to
                 secure
                 them
                 from
                 the
                 Mines
                 which
                 he
                 continually
                 sprung
                 ,
                 and
                 all
                 the
                 strength
                 of
                 their
                 Souldiers
                 to
                 resist
                 the
                 assaults
                 of
                 the
                 Turks
                 .
                 Never
                 was
                 any
                 place
                 so
                 vigorously
                 attaqued
                 ,
                 and
                 so
                 stoutly
                 defended
                 .
                 This
                 being
                 one
                 of
                 the
                 most
                 famous
                 Sieges
                 that
                 ever
                 was
                 ,
                 several
                 Writers
                 have
                 at
                 large
                 related
                 it
                 ;
                 therefore
                 I
                 shall
                 not
                 trouble
                 the
                 Reader
                 with
                 an
                 useless
                 repetition
                 of
                 what
                 he
                 may
                 find
                 elsewhere
                 ,
                 but
                 only
                 succinctly
                 mention
                 what
                 the
                 story
                 of
                 the
                 
                   Grand
                   Visier
                
                 will
                 not
                 suffer
                 me
                 to
                 omit
                 ,
                 without
                 specifying
                 all
                 the
                 assaults
                 and
                 skirmishes
                 that
                 happened
                 at
                 it
                 .
              
               
               
                 This
                 General
                 ,
                 besides
                 the
                 wonderful
                 resistance
                 of
                 the
                 besieged
                 ,
                 had
                 no
                 less
                 dangerous
                 enemies
                 to
                 encounter
                 with
                 at
                 this
                 Port
                 ,
                 who
                 did
                 him
                 all
                 the
                 ill
                 offices
                 they
                 could
                 with
                 the
                 
                   Grand
                   Signior
                
                 ,
                 and
                 by
                 making
                 use
                 of
                 this
                 troublesome
                 conjuncture
                 of
                 affairs
                 ,
                 endeavoured
                 to
                 destroy
                 him
                 .
                 They
                 represented
                 to
                 the
                 Sultan
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 length
                 of
                 the
                 Siege
                 of
                 Candia
                 proceeded
                 from
                 the
                 
                   Grand
                   Visiers
                
                 want
                 of
                 courage
                 ,
                 whose
                 Army
                 was
                 powerful
                 enough
                 to
                 subdue
                 all
                 Asia
                 ,
                 or
                 the
                 greatest
                 Empire
                 in
                 the
                 world
                 ;
                 but
                 that
                 his
                 cowardize
                 made
                 him
                 protract
                 the
                 time
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 Christians
                 might
                 have
                 leisure
                 to
                 assemble
                 their
                 Forces
                 ,
                 which
                 would
                 at
                 last
                 oblige
                 the
                 Ottoman
                 Army
                 to
                 quit
                 the
                 conquest
                 of
                 an
                 Island
                 that
                 had
                 exhausted
                 the
                 strength
                 of
                 the
                 Empire
                 ,
                 and
                 his
                 Highnesses
                 Treasures
                 :
                 that
                 such
                 an
                 affront
                 would
                 be
                 irreparable
                 ,
                 and
                 an
                 eternal
                 disgrace
                 to
                 the
                 Musulmans
                 ,
                 and
                 would
                 certainly
                 happen
                 through
                 the
                 baseness
                 and
                 weakness
                 of
                 the
                 
                   Grand
                   Visier
                
                 ,
                 who
                 out
                 of
                 a
                 vain
                 presumption
                 had
                 undertaken
                 the
                 continuation
                 of
                 a
                 
                 War
                 he
                 could
                 never
                 end
                 honourably
                 .
                 Thus
                 these
                 envious
                 persons
                 omitted
                 nothing
                 that
                 might
                 induce
                 the
                 
                   Grand
                   Signior
                
                 to
                 recal
                 and
                 ruine
                 him
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 too
                 credulous
                 Prince
                 provoked
                 by
                 the
                 
                   Grand
                   Visiers
                
                 ill
                 success
                 ,
                 who
                 incessantly
                 sent
                 for
                 Recruits
                 ,
                 believed
                 all
                 that
                 was
                 said
                 against
                 him
                 ;
                 and
                 without
                 any
                 regard
                 to
                 his
                 inviolable
                 fidelity
                 ,
                 or
                 the
                 high
                 rank
                 he
                 held
                 in
                 the
                 Empire
                 ,
                 which
                 made
                 him
                 subject
                 to
                 the
                 malice
                 of
                 the
                 Courtiers
                 ,
                 without
                 considering
                 that
                 those
                 Ministers
                 who
                 are
                 most
                 affectionate
                 to
                 ,
                 and
                 zealous
                 for
                 the
                 services
                 of
                 their
                 Prince
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 good
                 of
                 the
                 State
                 ,
                 are
                 always
                 most
                 exposed
                 to
                 envy
                 .
                 He
                 took
                 a
                 resolution
                 which
                 would
                 have
                 deprived
                 him
                 of
                 the
                 ablest
                 ,
                 and
                 best
                 of
                 all
                 his
                 Subjects
                 ,
                 if
                 Achmet
                 Coprogli's
                 prudence
                 had
                 not
                 equalled
                 the
                 Sultans
                 cruelty
                 ,
                 and
                 injustice
                 .
                 He
                 sent
                 this
                 brave
                 General
                 word
                 that
                 he
                 should
                 suddenly
                 put
                 an
                 end
                 to
                 the
                 Siege
                 ,
                 which
                 his
                 rashness
                 had
                 prompted
                 him
                 to
                 undertake
                 ,
                 and
                 in
                 a
                 very
                 short
                 time
                 either
                 send
                 him
                 his
                 Head
                 ,
                 or
                 the
                 Keys
                 of
                 Candia
                 .
              
               
               
                 This
                 order
                 was
                 very
                 peremptory
                 ,
                 and
                 sufficient
                 to
                 have
                 shaken
                 the
                 firmest
                 Courage
                 .
                 The
                 
                   Grand
                   Visier
                
                 had
                 great
                 reason
                 to
                 think
                 himself
                 very
                 rigorously
                 and
                 unjustly
                 dealt
                 with
                 ;
                 his
                 fidelity
                 and
                 zeal
                 for
                 his
                 Master
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 hazards
                 his
                 life
                 was
                 so
                 often
                 exposed
                 to
                 for
                 his
                 glory
                 ,
                 deserved
                 better
                 usage
                 ,
                 and
                 might
                 have
                 inclined
                 him
                 to
                 revenge
                 himself
                 ,
                 and
                 shew
                 his
                 resentment
                 by
                 abandoning
                 his
                 Army
                 ,
                 which
                 would
                 undoubtedly
                 have
                 perished
                 ,
                 if
                 he
                 had
                 sought
                 to
                 secure
                 himself
                 by
                 going
                 over
                 to
                 the
                 Venetian
                 side
                 ,
                 as
                 he
                 might
                 have
                 done
                 :
                 but
                 honour
                 having
                 ever
                 been
                 his
                 only
                 object
                 ,
                 he
                 never
                 so
                 much
                 as
                 entertained
                 a
                 thought
                 that
                 was
                 prejudicial
                 to
                 his
                 reputation
                 .
                 He
                 answered
                 the
                 Sultan
                 very
                 submissively
                 ,
                 yet
                 in
                 such
                 terms
                 as
                 shewed
                 the
                 greatness
                 of
                 his
                 soul
                 ;
                 and
                 that
                 it
                 was
                 not
                 the
                 fear
                 of
                 death
                 he
                 was
                 threatned
                 with
                 that
                 made
                 him
                 hasten
                 a
                 conquest
                 ,
                 which
                 he
                 undertook
                 for
                 the
                 augmentation
                 of
                 his
                 Dominions
                 ,
                 and
                 glory
                 :
                 that
                 he
                 never
                 had
                 any
                 other
                 end
                 in
                 it
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 if
                 his
                 Highness
                 could
                 reap
                 any
                 benefit
                 
                 by
                 his
                 death
                 ,
                 it
                 was
                 in
                 his
                 power
                 to
                 satisfie
                 himself
                 when
                 he
                 pleased
                 :
                 that
                 as
                 to
                 the
                 Siege
                 of
                 Candia
                 he
                 hoped
                 to
                 finish
                 it
                 ,
                 if
                 he
                 would
                 allow
                 him
                 time
                 ,
                 having
                 been
                 deceived
                 by
                 a
                 false
                 account
                 of
                 the
                 state
                 of
                 the
                 place
                 .
                 Achmet
                 imparted
                 the
                 
                   Grand
                   Signiors
                
                 command
                 to
                 his
                 Mother
                 Fatima
                 ,
                 and
                 having
                 consulted
                 together
                 ,
                 they
                 concluded
                 that
                 this
                 blow
                 proceeded
                 from
                 the
                 persecutions
                 of
                 his
                 enemies
                 at
                 Court
                 :
                 and
                 soon
                 after
                 they
                 were
                 confirmed
                 in
                 their
                 opinion
                 by
                 the
                 Couriers
                 which
                 they
                 sent
                 continually
                 to
                 the
                 Port
                 ,
                 to
                 bring
                 them
                 news
                 of
                 all
                 that
                 passed
                 there
                 .
                 They
                 found
                 that
                 some
                 Courtiers
                 who
                 had
                 insinuated
                 themselves
                 into
                 the
                 
                   Grand
                   Signiors
                
                 favour
                 ,
                 had
                 attempted
                 to
                 disgrace
                 him
                 ,
                 and
                 had
                 succeeded
                 in
                 it
                 .
                 However
                 he
                 did
                 not
                 much
                 trouble
                 himself
                 ,
                 being
                 assured
                 that
                 his
                 conduct
                 would
                 justifie
                 him
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 the
                 detractors
                 would
                 be
                 punished
                 for
                 their
                 calumnies
                 by
                 their
                 own
                 remorse
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Sultans
                 anger
                 ,
                 who
                 would
                 in
                 time
                 discover
                 their
                 treachery
                 .
                 He
                 continued
                 to
                 press
                 the
                 besieged
                 ,
                 who
                 received
                 
                 great
                 assistance
                 from
                 the
                 King
                 of
                 France
                 ,
                 under
                 the
                 conduct
                 of
                 the
                 
                   Count
                   de
                   la
                   Feuillade
                
                 ,
                 who
                 was
                 accompanied
                 by
                 the
                 
                   Count
                   de
                   St.
                   Paul
                
                 ,
                 the
                 Duke
                 of
                 
                   Chasteau
                   Thierry
                
                 ,
                 the
                 
                   Sieurs
                   de
                   Caderousse
                   ,
                   de
                   Villemaur
                   ,
                
                 and
                 many
                 more
                 Gentlemen
                 and
                 Officers
                 ,
                 who
                 came
                 to
                 shew
                 the
                 Turks
                 that
                 they
                 could
                 overcome
                 them
                 as
                 well
                 in
                 Creet
                 as
                 in
                 Hungary
                 .
                 And
                 the
                 sallies
                 of
                 these
                 brave
                 men
                 put
                 the
                 Turks
                 almost
                 in
                 despair
                 ,
                 who
                 were
                 incouraged
                 by
                 their
                 Generals
                 presence
                 .
                 He
                 went
                 from
                 quarter
                 to
                 quarter
                 to
                 animate
                 them
                 ,
                 and
                 exhort
                 them
                 to
                 do
                 their
                 duty
                 .
                 He
                 caused
                 new
                 Candia
                 which
                 the
                 Turks
                 built
                 after
                 the
                 taking
                 of
                 Canea
                 to
                 be
                 demolished
                 ,
                 that
                 he
                 might
                 make
                 use
                 of
                 the
                 materials
                 in
                 his
                 works
                 ,
                 and
                 by
                 depriving
                 his
                 Troops
                 of
                 a
                 safe
                 retreat
                 ,
                 force
                 them
                 to
                 secure
                 themselves
                 by
                 their
                 valour
                 ,
                 always
                 telling
                 them
                 that
                 they
                 must
                 either
                 conquer
                 or
                 die
                 .
              
               
                 But
                 while
                 he
                 endeavours
                 to
                 become
                 master
                 of
                 
                   Candia
                   ,
                   Constantinople
                
                 was
                 filled
                 with
                 tumults
                 raised
                 by
                 the
                 male-contents
                 of
                 the
                 Empire
                 ,
                 who
                 
                 seeing
                 the
                 ill
                 success
                 of
                 the
                 
                   Grand
                   Signiors
                
                 Arms
                 in
                 this
                 Island
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 several
                 neighbouring
                 Princes
                 were
                 ready
                 to
                 declare
                 War
                 against
                 him
                 ,
                 resolved
                 to
                 make
                 use
                 of
                 this
                 opportunity
                 to
                 revenge
                 his
                 Highnesses
                 contempt
                 of
                 them
                 ,
                 and
                 prevent
                 the
                 punishment
                 that
                 was
                 due
                 to
                 their
                 Rebellion
                 ;
                 in
                 which
                 they
                 engaged
                 the
                 Ianizaries
                 ,
                 who
                 remained
                 at
                 Constantinople
                 ,
                 to
                 guard
                 the
                 Town
                 ,
                 the
                 Sultan
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Seraglio
                 .
                 The
                 Mutineers
                 threatned
                 to
                 depose
                 the
                 Emperor
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 set
                 up
                 Prince
                 Soliman
                 his
                 Brother
                 in
                 his
                 room
                 .
                 The
                 absence
                 of
                 the
                 
                   Visier
                   Azem
                
                 strengthened
                 this
                 Sedition
                 ,
                 which
                 all
                 the
                 Sultan
                 Valide's
                 power
                 could
                 hardly
                 appease
                 .
                 The
                 Sultan
                 was
                 then
                 at
                 Adrianople
                 ,
                 and
                 was
                 so
                 displeased
                 with
                 the
                 Inhabitants
                 of
                 Constantinople
                 ,
                 that
                 he
                 would
                 not
                 so
                 much
                 as
                 take
                 notice
                 of
                 their
                 earnest
                 solicitations
                 of
                 him
                 to
                 return
                 thither
                 .
                 He
                 declared
                 openly
                 that
                 this
                 proud
                 City
                 should
                 no
                 longer
                 be
                 the
                 Imperial
                 Seat
                 ,
                 since
                 she
                 had
                 rendered
                 her self
                 unworthy
                 by
                 her
                 frequent
                 disorders
                 .
                 The
                 people
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Ianizaries
                 ,
                 who
                 
                 for
                 the
                 most
                 part
                 have
                 their
                 Families
                 at
                 Constantinople
                 ,
                 were
                 extremely
                 provoked
                 by
                 this
                 reproach
                 .
                 And
                 if
                 Prince
                 Soliman
                 had
                 been
                 among
                 them
                 ,
                 they
                 had
                 certainly
                 proclaimed
                 him
                 Emperor
                 :
                 but
                 he
                 was
                 in
                 the
                 
                   Grand
                   Signiors
                
                 power
                 ,
                 who
                 not
                 being
                 so
                 barbarous
                 as
                 his
                 Predecessors
                 ,
                 would
                 not
                 practise
                 their
                 inhumane
                 policy
                 of
                 securing
                 the
                 possession
                 of
                 the
                 Empire
                 by
                 the
                 death
                 of
                 all
                 their
                 Brothers
                 .
                 Far
                 from
                 being
                 so
                 cruelly
                 cautious
                 he
                 allowed
                 his
                 three
                 Brothers
                 an
                 honourable
                 freedom
                 ,
                 and
                 suffered
                 them
                 to
                 employ
                 themselves
                 in
                 exercises
                 agreeable
                 to
                 their
                 high
                 birth
                 :
                 yet
                 when
                 he
                 went
                 from
                 Constantinople
                 he
                 took
                 Soliman
                 along
                 with
                 him
                 .
              
               
                 This
                 Princes
                 Mother
                 Maiama
                 was
                 dead
                 ,
                 she
                 did
                 all
                 she
                 could
                 to
                 place
                 him
                 on
                 the
                 Throne
                 ;
                 which
                 is
                 partly
                 the
                 cause
                 that
                 the
                 Sultan
                 is
                 jealous
                 of
                 him
                 .
                 His
                 good
                 qualities
                 render
                 him
                 beloved
                 by
                 all
                 the
                 world
                 ,
                 especially
                 by
                 the
                 Souldiers
                 ,
                 who
                 are
                 not
                 ignorant
                 of
                 his
                 vast
                 courage
                 .
                 His
                 impatience
                 to
                 give
                 some
                 proofs
                 of
                 his
                 valour
                 made
                 him
                 inconsiderately
                 desire
                 
                 his
                 Brother
                 to
                 let
                 him
                 accompany
                 the
                 
                   Grand
                   Visier
                
                 in
                 the
                 Candian
                 War
                 ,
                 which
                 his
                 Highness
                 thought
                 not
                 fit
                 to
                 grant
                 ;
                 and
                 the
                 
                   Visier
                   Azem
                
                 convinced
                 the
                 Sultan
                 that
                 it
                 concerned
                 him
                 not
                 to
                 trust
                 this
                 young
                 Prince
                 with
                 Arms
                 ,
                 which
                 he
                 might
                 one
                 day
                 turn
                 against
                 him
                 ,
                 but
                 to
                 keep
                 him
                 where
                 his
                 actions
                 might
                 be
                 better
                 observed
                 :
                 not
                 that
                 he
                 gave
                 him
                 this
                 advice
                 to
                 exasperate
                 him
                 against
                 his
                 Brother
                 ,
                 but
                 he
                 knew
                 the
                 Souldiers
                 inclination
                 to
                 Soliman
                 ,
                 who
                 was
                 of
                 an
                 active
                 ,
                 undertaking
                 spirit
                 ,
                 and
                 capable
                 of
                 raising
                 great
                 troubles
                 in
                 the
                 State
                 ,
                 if
                 he
                 should
                 after
                 the
                 example
                 of
                 the
                 Ottoman
                 Princes
                 ,
                 endeavour
                 to
                 free
                 himself
                 ,
                 and
                 affect
                 the
                 Empire
                 .
                 Mahomet
                 who
                 had
                 never
                 seriously
                 made
                 these
                 reflections
                 ,
                 and
                 did
                 not
                 at
                 all
                 distrust
                 Soliman
                 ,
                 suffered
                 him
                 to
                 live
                 at
                 liberty
                 ;
                 but
                 the
                 young
                 Princes
                 imprudence
                 ,
                 in
                 repining
                 at
                 his
                 Brothers
                 refusal
                 ,
                 opened
                 the
                 Sultans
                 eyes
                 ,
                 and
                 made
                 him
                 rereflect
                 on
                 what
                 the
                 
                   Grand
                   Visier
                
                 had
                 represented
                 to
                 him
                 .
                 The
                 Sedition
                 that
                 happened
                 afterwards
                 at
                 Constantinople
                 ,
                 caused
                 him
                 to
                 watch
                 
                 Soliman's
                 behaviour
                 more
                 narrowly
                 .
              
               
               
                 In
                 the
                 mean
                 time
                 Prince
                 Soliman
                 mistrusted
                 nothing
                 ,
                 Ambition
                 was
                 not
                 his
                 predominate
                 passion
                 ,
                 he
                 loved
                 hunting
                 as
                 well
                 as
                 the
                 
                   Grand
                   Signior
                
                 ,
                 always
                 following
                 him
                 to
                 that
                 sport
                 ,
                 and
                 sometimes
                 he
                 went
                 alone
                 .
                 But
                 this
                 exercise
                 did
                 not
                 so
                 take
                 him
                 up
                 ,
                 but
                 that
                 he
                 was
                 well
                 enough
                 pleased
                 with
                 another
                 ,
                 which
                 is
                 the
                 usual
                 employment
                 of
                 people
                 of
                 his
                 age
                 .
                 His
                 Brother
                 was
                 the
                 most
                 amorous
                 Prince
                 in
                 the
                 world
                 ,
                 nor
                 was
                 he
                 less
                 inclined
                 to
                 gallantry
                 himself
                 ;
                 but
                 he
                 loved
                 to
                 keep
                 it
                 secret
                 ,
                 not
                 affecting
                 to
                 make
                 a
                 noise
                 with
                 his
                 pleasures
                 .
                 He
                 long
                 sought
                 for
                 an
                 object
                 worthy
                 of
                 his
                 kindness
                 ;
                 and
                 at
                 last
                 
                   Zizim
                   Morat
                   Bassa
                
                 by
                 an
                 extraordinary
                 adventure
                 furnished
                 him
                 with
                 such
                 an
                 one
                 as
                 he
                 desired
                 .
                 The
                 Sangiac
                 of
                 Smyrna
                 ,
                 who
                 was
                 akin
                 to
                 this
                 Bassa
                 ,
                 had
                 sent
                 him
                 a
                 very
                 pretty
                 Slave
                 ,
                 which
                 he
                 bought
                 of
                 a
                 
                   Corsair
                   Tartar
                
                 ,
                 and
                 brought
                 up
                 with
                 a
                 great
                 deal
                 of
                 care
                 ,
                 to
                 make
                 a
                 Present
                 of
                 her
                 to
                 the
                 
                   Grand
                   Signior
                
                 ,
                 according
                 to
                 the
                 custom
                 of
                 the
                 Governors
                 of
                 Provinces
                 ,
                 and
                 Cities
                 ,
                 who
                 by
                 this
                 means
                 ,
                 acquire
                 ,
                 and
                 preserve
                 
                 his
                 Highnesses
                 favour
                 .
                 The
                 
                   Sangiac
                   Sinan
                
                 who
                 looked
                 on
                 
                   Zizim
                   Morat
                
                 as
                 his
                 Patron
                 at
                 the
                 Port
                 ,
                 desired
                 him
                 to
                 present
                 her
                 to
                 the
                 Sultan
                 ,
                 who
                 was
                 then
                 at
                 Adrianople
                 ,
                 where
                 he
                 intended
                 to
                 establish
                 the
                 Seat
                 of
                 the
                 Empire
                 ,
                 as
                 Soliman
                 the
                 first
                 of
                 that
                 name
                 surnamed
                 the
                 Magnificent
                 had
                 done
                 before
                 .
                 The
                 Bassa
                 deferred
                 the
                 acquitting
                 himself
                 of
                 
                 Sinan's
                 Commission
                 till
                 the
                 
                   Grand
                   Signiors
                
                 return
                 to
                 Larissa
                 ,
                 where
                 he
                 spends
                 most
                 part
                 of
                 the
                 year
                 ,
                 as
                 well
                 for
                 the
                 beauty
                 of
                 the
                 place
                 ,
                 which
                 is
                 the
                 finest
                 in
                 all
                 Thessaly
                 ,
                 as
                 for
                 the
                 convenience
                 of
                 Hunting
                 in
                 the
                 great
                 Forrests
                 about
                 it
                 .
                 He
                 was
                 an
                 intimate
                 friend
                 of
                 Prince
                 Soliman
                 ,
                 who
                 a
                 few
                 days
                 after
                 came
                 thither
                 with
                 his
                 Brother
                 .
                 
                   Zizim
                   Morat
                
                 told
                 him
                 he
                 had
                 a
                 Present
                 to
                 make
                 to
                 his
                 Highness
                 ,
                 which
                 would
                 without
                 doubt
                 be
                 well
                 received
                 ;
                 but
                 that
                 it
                 must
                 be
                 kept
                 secret
                 ,
                 lest
                 the
                 
                   Grand
                   Sultana
                
                 should
                 come
                 to
                 hear
                 of
                 it
                 ,
                 who
                 would
                 hate
                 him
                 mortally
                 if
                 he
                 should
                 know
                 that
                 he
                 preferred
                 a
                 new
                 Favourite
                 to
                 the
                 
                   Grand
                   Signior
                
                 ;
                 then
                 he
                 described
                 the
                 young
                 womans
                 beauty
                 
                 to
                 him
                 ,
                 which
                 made
                 Soliman
                 desirous
                 to
                 see
                 her
                 ,
                 before
                 she
                 was
                 delivered
                 to
                 the
                 Emperor
                 his
                 Brother
                 .
                 The
                 Bassa
                 not
                 dreaming
                 of
                 what
                 would
                 happen
                 ,
                 carried
                 him
                 home
                 with
                 him
                 ,
                 and
                 shewed
                 him
                 the
                 fair
                 Slave
                 ,
                 with
                 whom
                 he
                 fell
                 desperately
                 in
                 love
                 .
                 He
                 made
                 no
                 secret
                 of
                 it
                 to
                 Zizim
                 ,
                 but
                 told
                 him
                 with
                 a
                 great
                 deal
                 of
                 joy
                 ,
                 that
                 she
                 was
                 absolute
                 mistriss
                 of
                 his
                 heart
                 ,
                 and
                 conjured
                 him
                 to
                 give
                 him
                 a
                 proof
                 of
                 his
                 friendship
                 ,
                 by
                 letting
                 him
                 have
                 the
                 young
                 Slave
                 .
                 The
                 Bassa
                 used
                 strong
                 arguments
                 to
                 the
                 contrary
                 ,
                 and
                 told
                 him
                 that
                 he
                 could
                 not
                 betray
                 the
                 trust
                 the
                 Sangiac
                 of
                 Smyrna
                 reposed
                 in
                 him
                 ,
                 without
                 being
                 at
                 the
                 same
                 time
                 false
                 to
                 the
                 
                   Grand
                   Signior
                
                 ,
                 who
                 would
                 punish
                 them
                 both
                 if
                 he
                 came
                 to
                 know
                 it
                 .
                 But
                 amorous
                 Soliman
                 answered
                 his
                 arguments
                 with
                 so
                 much
                 force
                 ,
                 and
                 eloquence
                 ,
                 convincing
                 him
                 ,
                 that
                 it
                 might
                 be
                 easily
                 kept
                 secret
                 ,
                 since
                 the
                 Sultan
                 was
                 ignorant
                 of
                 it
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 absent
                 Sangiac
                 could
                 never
                 discover
                 it
                 ,
                 that
                 at
                 last
                 friendship
                 surmounted
                 all
                 other
                 considerations
                 ,
                 and
                 he
                 granted
                 his
                 request
                 .
                 Soliman
                 embraced
                 him
                 a
                 
                 thousand
                 times
                 ,
                 and
                 having
                 expressed
                 how
                 much
                 he
                 was
                 obliged
                 to
                 him
                 ,
                 they
                 contrived
                 how
                 they
                 should
                 conceal
                 this
                 Beauty
                 from
                 the
                 Sultan
                 ,
                 that
                 he
                 might
                 not
                 find
                 out
                 
                 Soliman's
                 treason
                 ,
                 and
                 
                 Morat's
                 falshood
                 .
                 They
                 could
                 think
                 of
                 no
                 better
                 way
                 than
                 to
                 keep
                 her
                 in
                 a
                 Country
                 house
                 which
                 Zizim
                 had
                 in
                 the
                 pleasant
                 Valley
                 of
                 Ianica
                 ,
                 heretofore
                 the
                 delicious
                 Tempe
                 ,
                 watered
                 by
                 the
                 famous
                 River
                 Peneus
                 ,
                 between
                 the
                 Mountains
                 of
                 Ossa
                 and
                 Olympus
                 .
                 In
                 that
                 Country
                 there
                 is
                 a
                 Forrest
                 ,
                 the
                 same
                 that
                 Virgil
                 speaks
                 of
                 ,
                 where
                 the
                 
                   Grand
                   Signior
                
                 often
                 hunts
                 ,
                 and
                 Soliman
                 with
                 him
                 ,
                 who
                 then
                 visits
                 the
                 fair
                 Zulemai
                 ,
                 without
                 being
                 taken
                 notice
                 of
                 .
                 This
                 lasted
                 some
                 time
                 ,
                 during
                 which
                 
                 Soliman's
                 life
                 was
                 as
                 happy
                 as
                 Zulemai
                 could
                 make
                 it
                 ,
                 who
                 loved
                 him
                 ,
                 and
                 wanted
                 no
                 charms
                 to
                 engage
                 him
                 .
                 She
                 was
                 perfectly
                 well
                 shaped
                 ;
                 her
                 complexion
                 was
                 so
                 bright
                 that
                 it
                 dazled
                 those
                 who
                 beheld
                 it
                 ,
                 her
                 hair
                 was
                 brown
                 ,
                 her
                 eyes
                 black
                 ,
                 and
                 full
                 ,
                 her
                 mouth
                 little
                 ,
                 her
                 lips
                 juycy
                 ,
                 her
                 teeth
                 white
                 ,
                 and
                 well
                 set
                 :
                 she
                 had
                 a
                 sweetness
                 in
                 
                 her
                 chin
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 midst
                 of
                 her
                 cheeks
                 that
                 became
                 her
                 wonderfully
                 when
                 she
                 spoke
                 .
                 Her
                 neck
                 was
                 well
                 shaped
                 ,
                 as
                 also
                 her
                 arms
                 and
                 hands
                 ;
                 her
                 carriage
                 was
                 noble
                 ,
                 her
                 speech
                 pleasing
                 ,
                 and
                 her
                 humor
                 the
                 best
                 in
                 the
                 world
                 .
                 Soliman
                 was
                 tall
                 ,
                 and
                 strait
                 ;
                 his
                 face
                 round
                 ,
                 his
                 complexion
                 smooth
                 ,
                 and
                 white
                 ;
                 his
                 forehead
                 large
                 ,
                 and
                 high
                 ,
                 his
                 eyes
                 blue
                 ,
                 and
                 smiling
                 ,
                 his
                 nose
                 a
                 little
                 aquiline
                 ,
                 his
                 mouth
                 pretty
                 ,
                 his
                 min
                 great
                 ,
                 his
                 humor
                 magnificent
                 ,
                 and
                 his
                 nature
                 very
                 generous
                 .
                 His
                 inclinations
                 are
                 like
                 the
                 
                   Grand
                   Signiors
                
                 ,
                 but
                 he
                 is
                 a
                 little
                 more
                 impatient
                 and
                 quick
                 .
                 His
                 soul
                 is
                 noble
                 ,
                 and
                 extremely
                 grateful
                 ,
                 and
                 his
                 temper
                 so
                 complacent
                 ,
                 that
                 he
                 easily
                 gains
                 the
                 friendship
                 of
                 all
                 men
                 .
              
               
                 These
                 two
                 Lovers
                 freely
                 enjoyed
                 the
                 pleasures
                 of
                 mutual
                 love
                 ,
                 but
                 one
                 day
                 chance
                 brought
                 the
                 Sultan
                 to
                 Zizim
                 Morat's
                 Country
                 house
                 ,
                 where
                 the
                 Prince
                 was
                 abroad
                 hunting
                 in
                 the
                 Forrest
                 .
                 The
                 
                   Grand
                   Signior
                
                 being
                 thirsty
                 ,
                 came
                 alone
                 to
                 this
                 house
                 to
                 refresh
                 himself
                 ,
                 and
                 there
                 seeing
                 the
                 
                 Bostangi's
                 or
                 Gardeners
                 Daughter
                 ,
                 he
                 liked
                 her
                 
                 very
                 well
                 .
                 The
                 good
                 man
                 presently
                 found
                 who
                 he
                 was
                 ,
                 and
                 told
                 his
                 Wife
                 Zabra
                 of
                 it
                 .
                 They
                 were
                 both
                 overjoyed
                 to
                 see
                 that
                 their
                 daughter
                 pleased
                 the
                 Sultan
                 ,
                 and
                 commanded
                 her
                 to
                 use
                 all
                 her
                 art
                 to
                 engage
                 him
                 ,
                 and
                 deserve
                 his
                 favour
                 ,
                 their
                 good
                 fortune
                 depending
                 upon
                 it
                 .
                 They
                 endeavoured
                 to
                 conceal
                 Zulemai
                 from
                 the
                 
                   Grand
                   Signior
                
                 ,
                 fearing
                 her
                 beauty
                 would
                 eclipse
                 
                 Abdimai's
                 ,
                 with
                 whom
                 he
                 was
                 so
                 well
                 pleased
                 ,
                 that
                 he
                 desired
                 them
                 to
                 take
                 care
                 of
                 her
                 ,
                 and
                 let
                 no
                 body
                 else
                 see
                 her
                 ,
                 promising
                 to
                 come
                 and
                 visit
                 her
                 often
                 .
                 The
                 good
                 peoples
                 joy
                 appeared
                 in
                 their
                 blessing
                 of
                 Mahomet
                 ,
                 and
                 throwing
                 themselves
                 at
                 his
                 feet
                 ,
                 they
                 gave
                 him
                 thanks
                 for
                 the
                 honour
                 he
                 did
                 their
                 Daughter
                 ,
                 who
                 they
                 hoped
                 would
                 bring
                 forth
                 a
                 Prince
                 ,
                 that
                 should
                 be
                 the
                 support
                 ,
                 and
                 strength
                 of
                 the
                 Musulmans
                 ,
                 and
                 should
                 spread
                 the
                 Law
                 of
                 their
                 Prophet
                 over
                 all
                 the
                 earth
                 .
                 When
                 the
                 
                   Grand
                   Signior
                
                 was
                 gone
                 ,
                 they
                 charged
                 Abdima
                 not
                 to
                 tell
                 any
                 body
                 what
                 had
                 happened
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 take
                 heed
                 of
                 letting
                 the
                 Sultan
                 know
                 when
                 she
                 
                 saw
                 him
                 ,
                 that
                 Zulemai
                 was
                 in
                 their
                 house
                 .
                 Abdima
                 who
                 had
                 no
                 less
                 wit
                 than
                 beauty
                 ,
                 obey'd
                 their
                 commands
                 ,
                 being
                 convinced
                 how
                 much
                 it
                 concerned
                 her
                 to
                 do
                 so
                 .
                 In
                 the
                 mean
                 time
                 Prince
                 Soliman
                 continued
                 his
                 visits
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Emperor
                 his
                 ;
                 but
                 it
                 was
                 impossible
                 for
                 them
                 both
                 to
                 go
                 so
                 often
                 to
                 the
                 same
                 place
                 without
                 meeting
                 there
                 at
                 last
                 .
                 Mahomet
                 has
                 ever
                 had
                 a
                 greater
                 esteem
                 for
                 the
                 
                   Grand
                   Sultana
                   Zachi
                
                 than
                 usually
                 the
                 Sultans
                 have
                 for
                 their
                 Wives
                 ,
                 and
                 avoids
                 doing
                 any
                 thing
                 that
                 may
                 make
                 her
                 jealous
                 ,
                 who
                 loves
                 him
                 so
                 tenderly
                 ,
                 that
                 she
                 follows
                 him
                 where
                 ever
                 he
                 goes
                 ,
                 and
                 seldom
                 leaves
                 him
                 but
                 when
                 she
                 lies
                 in
                 .
                 Therefore
                 he
                 was
                 glad
                 of
                 having
                 a
                 Mistress
                 whom
                 the
                 Sultana
                 could
                 not
                 find
                 out
                 ,
                 and
                 whom
                 he
                 might
                 visit
                 under
                 pretence
                 of
                 hunting
                 .
                 This
                 was
                 the
                 reason
                 that
                 kept
                 him
                 from
                 removing
                 Abdima
                 from
                 
                   Zizim
                   Morats
                
                 house
                 ;
                 but
                 the
                 
                   Sultana
                   Zachi
                
                 who
                 often
                 went
                 hunting
                 with
                 the
                 
                   Grand
                   Signior
                
                 ,
                 observing
                 that
                 he
                 always
                 lost
                 himself
                 in
                 the
                 Forrest
                 ,
                 she
                 believed
                 he
                 had
                 some
                 design
                 in
                 his
                 wandering
                 ,
                 and
                 caused
                 a
                 
                 slave
                 to
                 go
                 after
                 him
                 afar
                 off
                 :
                 by
                 which
                 means
                 she
                 learnt
                 that
                 he
                 went
                 into
                 a
                 house
                 on
                 the
                 edge
                 of
                 a
                 Wood
                 ,
                 whither
                 she
                 fail'd
                 not
                 to
                 follow
                 him
                 the
                 next
                 time
                 she
                 saw
                 him
                 go
                 that
                 way
                 .
                 Prince
                 Soliman
                 was
                 got
                 thither
                 before
                 the
                 Emperor
                 ,
                 and
                 was
                 already
                 with
                 the
                 charming
                 Zulemai
                 ,
                 when
                 the
                 Bostangi
                 of
                 the
                 house
                 seeing
                 the
                 Sultan
                 at
                 the
                 gate
                 ,
                 made
                 all
                 the
                 haste
                 he
                 could
                 to
                 hide
                 them
                 .
                 The
                 
                   Grand
                   Signior
                
                 was
                 no
                 sooner
                 entered
                 into
                 the
                 Chamber
                 where
                 he
                 was
                 wont
                 to
                 divert
                 himself
                 with
                 the
                 fair
                 Abdima
                 ,
                 but
                 he
                 was
                 informed
                 of
                 the
                 
                   Grand
                   Sultana's
                
                 arrival●
                 He
                 presently
                 imagined
                 that
                 she
                 had
                 followed
                 him
                 to
                 surprize
                 him
                 ,
                 and
                 therefore
                 he
                 thought
                 of
                 hiding
                 Abdima
                 from
                 her
                 ,
                 that
                 she
                 might
                 not
                 be
                 exposed
                 to
                 her
                 jealousie
                 .
                 To
                 this
                 purpose
                 he
                 would
                 have
                 opened
                 the
                 Closet
                 where
                 his
                 Brother
                 Soliman
                 and
                 Zulemai
                 were
                 :
                 but
                 old
                 Zabra
                 apprehending
                 he
                 might
                 like
                 Zulemai
                 better
                 than
                 her
                 Daughter
                 ,
                 offered
                 to
                 dispose
                 of
                 her
                 in
                 a
                 more
                 secret
                 place
                 .
                 Mahomet
                 on
                 the
                 other
                 side
                 fearing
                 the
                 Sultanas
                 sudden
                 coming
                 would
                 prevent
                 
                 them
                 ,
                 would
                 not
                 let
                 Abdima
                 go
                 out
                 of
                 the
                 room
                 ,
                 and
                 commanded
                 her
                 Mother
                 to
                 open
                 the
                 Closet
                 .
                 Prince
                 Soliman
                 hearing
                 the
                 Emperors
                 voice
                 ,
                 believed
                 his
                 love
                 was
                 discovered
                 ,
                 but
                 thinking
                 he
                 might
                 do
                 his
                 Mistress
                 some
                 harm
                 in
                 the
                 first
                 transports
                 of
                 his
                 fury
                 ,
                 he
                 endeavoured
                 to
                 keep
                 the
                 door
                 fast
                 ,
                 by
                 putting
                 his
                 Dagger
                 into
                 the
                 lock
                 .
                 The
                 Sultan
                 observing
                 Zabra's
                 delay
                 ,
                 snatched
                 the
                 key
                 from
                 her
                 ;
                 and
                 not
                 being
                 able
                 to
                 undo
                 the
                 lock
                 ,
                 broke
                 open
                 the
                 door
                 .
                 The
                 first
                 thing
                 he
                 saw
                 was
                 his
                 Brother
                 Soliman
                 ,
                 with
                 a
                 Dagger
                 in
                 his
                 hand
                 ,
                 which
                 so
                 surprized
                 him
                 ,
                 that
                 he
                 never
                 minded
                 Zulemai
                 ,
                 who
                 was
                 behind
                 him
                 .
                 At
                 first
                 he
                 fancied
                 that
                 Soliman
                 courted
                 the
                 Gardeners
                 Daughter
                 ,
                 and
                 had
                 hid
                 himself
                 in
                 that
                 place
                 with
                 a
                 design
                 to
                 murder
                 him
                 ,
                 as
                 was
                 probable
                 by
                 the
                 posture
                 he
                 found
                 him
                 in
                 .
                 Rage
                 mingled
                 with
                 jealousie
                 ,
                 and
                 fear
                 presently
                 seized
                 on
                 his
                 soul
                 ,
                 and
                 made
                 him
                 draw
                 his
                 Scimitar
                 to
                 have
                 killed
                 Prince
                 Soliman
                 ,
                 who
                 could
                 not
                 have
                 avoided
                 the
                 mortal
                 blow
                 ,
                 if
                 the
                 Sultana
                 had
                 not
                 come
                 into
                 the
                 room
                 ,
                 and
                 
                 laid
                 hold
                 on
                 
                 Mahomet's
                 arm
                 ,
                 who
                 was
                 no
                 less
                 astonished
                 to
                 feel
                 his
                 arm
                 held
                 back
                 ,
                 than
                 to
                 hear
                 Zulemai
                 shreek
                 ,
                 when
                 she
                 saw
                 the
                 danger
                 her
                 lover
                 was
                 in
                 .
                 The
                 
                   Sultana
                   Zachi
                
                 having
                 disarmed
                 the
                 
                   Grand
                   Signior
                
                 ,
                 soon
                 guessed
                 why
                 he
                 would
                 have
                 killed
                 his
                 Brother
                 ,
                 when
                 she
                 beheld
                 Zulemai
                 ,
                 believing
                 her
                 to
                 be
                 the
                 cause
                 of
                 his
                 losing
                 his
                 way
                 so
                 often
                 in
                 the
                 Forrest
                 ;
                 and
                 that
                 having
                 found
                 Soliman
                 courting
                 his
                 Mistress
                 ,
                 he
                 would
                 have
                 slain
                 him
                 .
                 She
                 took
                 his
                 astonishment
                 at
                 the
                 sight
                 of
                 Zulemai
                 to
                 be
                 affected
                 ,
                 and
                 threatned
                 to
                 punish
                 her
                 for
                 being
                 the
                 cause
                 of
                 such
                 disorder
                 ;
                 but
                 the
                 Sultan
                 comprehending
                 her
                 meaning
                 ,
                 after
                 he
                 had
                 commanded
                 Soliman
                 to
                 be
                 seized
                 on
                 ,
                 protested
                 he
                 had
                 never
                 seen
                 her
                 before
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 justifie
                 what
                 he
                 said
                 ,
                 sent
                 for
                 the
                 Gardener
                 ,
                 who
                 without
                 mentioning
                 the
                 intrigue
                 between
                 the
                 Emperor
                 ,
                 and
                 his
                 Daughter
                 ,
                 who
                 was
                 opportunely
                 hid
                 ,
                 related
                 the
                 story
                 of
                 Zulemai
                 ,
                 and
                 Soliman
                 ,
                 who
                 confirmed
                 it
                 ,
                 and
                 discovered
                 the
                 other
                 particulars
                 of
                 his
                 adventure
                 to
                 the
                 Sultana
                 .
                 She
                 easily
                 believed
                 the
                 
                   Grand
                   Signior
                
                 ,
                 
                 who
                 assured
                 her
                 ,
                 that
                 finding
                 himself
                 thirsty
                 as
                 he
                 was
                 hunting
                 ,
                 he
                 came
                 thither
                 to
                 refresh
                 himself
                 with
                 the
                 water
                 of
                 an
                 excellent
                 Fountain
                 in
                 the
                 Garden
                 ,
                 that
                 while
                 they
                 fetched
                 him
                 some
                 water
                 ,
                 he
                 went
                 into
                 that
                 room
                 ,
                 and
                 hearing
                 a
                 noise
                 in
                 the
                 closet
                 ,
                 his
                 curiosity
                 made
                 him
                 open
                 it
                 ,
                 where
                 he
                 found
                 Soliman
                 with
                 a
                 Dagger
                 in
                 his
                 hand
                 ,
                 just
                 coming
                 out
                 to
                 murder
                 him
                 ;
                 which
                 he
                 was
                 endeavouring
                 to
                 prevent
                 when
                 she
                 held
                 back
                 his
                 arm
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Sultana
                 being
                 satisfied
                 with
                 this
                 Relation
                 ,
                 never
                 suspected
                 
                 Mahomet's
                 fidelity
                 ,
                 but
                 requested
                 him
                 to
                 pardon
                 his
                 Brother
                 ,
                 and
                 accept
                 of
                 his
                 justification
                 ,
                 as
                 she
                 had
                 of
                 his
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 
                   Grand
                   Signior
                
                 was
                 so
                 displeased
                 at
                 his
                 Brothers
                 falshood
                 in
                 depriving
                 him
                 of
                 this
                 beautiful
                 Slave
                 that
                 with
                 great
                 difficulty
                 he
                 promised
                 the
                 Sultana
                 not
                 to
                 resent
                 it
                 ,
                 and
                 gave
                 him
                 leave
                 to
                 live
                 in
                 the
                 Seraglio
                 at
                 Constantinople
                 with
                 his
                 Mistress
                 ,
                 whose
                 removal
                 from
                 his
                 Highnesses
                 sight
                 was
                 no
                 little
                 satisfaction
                 to
                 Zachi
                 .
              
               
                 
                 Soliman's
                 confinement
                 to
                 the
                 old
                 Seraglio
                 ,
                 which
                 is
                 the
                 usual
                 Prison
                 of
                 
                 the
                 Ottoman
                 Princes
                 that
                 come
                 not
                 to
                 reign
                 ,
                 was
                 rendered
                 less
                 insupportable
                 by
                 the
                 company
                 of
                 his
                 beloved
                 Zulemai
                 :
                 but
                 his
                 disgrace
                 had
                 like
                 to
                 have
                 caused
                 great
                 disorders
                 .
                 It
                 was
                 reported
                 that
                 the
                 Sultan
                 would
                 have
                 killed
                 him
                 with
                 his
                 own
                 hand
                 ,
                 at
                 which
                 the
                 Town
                 of
                 Constantinople
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Ianizaries
                 who
                 love
                 Soliman
                 ,
                 were
                 extremely
                 alarmed
                 :
                 They
                 knew
                 not
                 the
                 particulars
                 of
                 the
                 adventure
                 ,
                 and
                 told
                 the
                 story
                 much
                 to
                 the
                 
                   Grand
                   Signiors
                
                 disadvantage
                 ,
                 with
                 whom
                 they
                 were
                 dissatisfied
                 .
                 They
                 accused
                 him
                 of
                 cruelty
                 ,
                 and
                 as
                 they
                 are
                 wont
                 to
                 do
                 ,
                 took
                 hold
                 of
                 this
                 occasion
                 to
                 raise
                 a
                 Sedition
                 ,
                 under
                 pretence
                 of
                 preserving
                 the
                 lives
                 of
                 the
                 Sultans
                 Brothers
                 ,
                 whom
                 they
                 required
                 to
                 be
                 delivered
                 into
                 their
                 hands
                 .
                 The
                 
                   Sultana
                   Valide
                
                 who
                 by
                 experience
                 knew
                 the
                 danger
                 of
                 those
                 tumults
                 ,
                 thought
                 the
                 best
                 way
                 to
                 appease
                 the
                 Mutineers
                 ,
                 was
                 to
                 go
                 to
                 Constantinople
                 ,
                 where
                 she
                 hoped
                 to
                 have
                 some
                 influence
                 on
                 the
                 Inhabitants
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Ianizaries
                 ,
                 who
                 have
                 ever
                 been
                 very
                 respectful
                 to
                 her
                 .
                 This
                 Princess
                 was
                 somewhat
                 dissatisfied
                 
                 with
                 her
                 Sons
                 carriage
                 towards
                 her
                 ,
                 who
                 slighted
                 her
                 advice
                 ,
                 and
                 repined
                 to
                 see
                 her
                 continue
                 in
                 that
                 authority
                 which
                 she
                 had
                 exercised
                 since
                 the
                 beginning
                 of
                 his
                 Reign
                 .
                 Besides
                 ,
                 the
                 
                   Grand
                   Sultana
                
                 looked
                 enviously
                 upon
                 her
                 ,
                 and
                 could
                 not
                 endure
                 she
                 should
                 be
                 more
                 absolute
                 than
                 her self
                 .
                 The
                 
                   Sultana
                   Valide
                
                 who
                 always
                 loved
                 her
                 Son
                 extremely
                 ,
                 was
                 glad
                 of
                 an
                 occasion
                 of
                 doing
                 him
                 a
                 considerable
                 service
                 ,
                 and
                 of
                 absenting
                 her self
                 from
                 the
                 Port.
                 Therefore
                 she
                 parted
                 from
                 Adrianople
                 with
                 a
                 train
                 suitable
                 to
                 her
                 quality
                 ,
                 and
                 made
                 a
                 magnificent
                 entry
                 into
                 Constantinople
                 ,
                 where
                 she
                 endeavoured
                 to
                 quiet
                 the
                 people
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Ianizaries
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 divert
                 them
                 from
                 requiring
                 the
                 
                   Grand
                   Signiors
                
                 Brothers
                 to
                 be
                 delivered
                 to
                 them
                 ,
                 fearing
                 they
                 would
                 make
                 Prince
                 Soliman
                 ,
                 for
                 whom
                 they
                 had
                 a
                 particular
                 kindness
                 ,
                 Emperor
                 ;
                 she
                 promised
                 them
                 that
                 no
                 violence
                 should
                 be
                 offered
                 to
                 the
                 young
                 Princes
                 ,
                 and
                 protested
                 she
                 would
                 sooner
                 die
                 her self
                 ,
                 than
                 suffer
                 any
                 attempt
                 to
                 be
                 made
                 on
                 their
                 lives
                 .
                 In
                 order
                 to
                 which
                 she
                 not
                 only
                 
                 took
                 them
                 into
                 her
                 protection
                 ,
                 but
                 assured
                 them
                 she
                 would
                 not
                 stir
                 out
                 of
                 the
                 Seraglio
                 ,
                 till
                 the
                 
                   Grand
                   Signior
                
                 came
                 back
                 to
                 Constantinople
                 ,
                 where
                 the
                 People
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Souldiers
                 desired
                 he
                 would
                 make
                 his
                 constant
                 abode
                 :
                 but
                 the
                 Sultan
                 would
                 not
                 hearken
                 to
                 his
                 Mothers
                 solicitations
                 ,
                 persisting
                 in
                 his
                 resolution
                 of
                 not
                 returning
                 thither
                 any
                 more
                 ,
                 in
                 which
                 he
                 was
                 confirmed
                 ,
                 by
                 being
                 informed
                 that
                 the
                 
                   Grand
                   Visier
                
                 fomented
                 the
                 Sedition
                 of
                 the
                 Ianizaries
                 in
                 that
                 City
                 ,
                 and
                 encouraged
                 them
                 to
                 place
                 Prince
                 Soliman
                 on
                 the
                 Throne
                 .
                 These
                 Impostures
                 were
                 affirmed
                 with
                 so
                 many
                 circumstances
                 ,
                 that
                 how
                 good
                 an
                 opinion
                 soever
                 his
                 Highness
                 ought
                 to
                 have
                 had
                 of
                 his
                 first
                 Ministers
                 fidelity
                 ,
                 he
                 could
                 not
                 choose
                 but
                 believe
                 them
                 :
                 yet
                 to
                 have
                 a
                 convincing
                 proof
                 of
                 the
                 Treason
                 he
                 was
                 accused
                 of
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 put
                 his
                 obedience
                 to
                 the
                 utmost
                 trial
                 ,
                 he
                 ordered
                 him
                 to
                 send
                 him
                 the
                 Seal
                 of
                 the
                 Empire
                 ,
                 which
                 he
                 had
                 need
                 of
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 bring
                 back
                 the
                 rest
                 of
                 the
                 Troops
                 as
                 soon
                 as
                 he
                 could
                 .
                 The
                 disorder
                 at
                 Constantinople
                 increasing
                 
                 every
                 day
                 ,
                 enraged
                 him
                 so
                 much
                 ,
                 that
                 in
                 the
                 heighth
                 of
                 his
                 anger
                 he
                 repented
                 of
                 his
                 past
                 credulity
                 ,
                 and
                 clemency
                 ;
                 and
                 to
                 take
                 away
                 all
                 pretences
                 of
                 revolt
                 ,
                 sent
                 an
                 express
                 command
                 to
                 the
                 
                   Sultana
                   Valide
                
                 to
                 strangle
                 his
                 Brothers
                 :
                 but
                 this
                 order
                 being
                 discovered
                 to
                 the
                 Ianizaries
                 ,
                 was
                 immediately
                 spread
                 over
                 all
                 the
                 Town
                 ,
                 where
                 the
                 people
                 joyned
                 with
                 the
                 Souldiers
                 to
                 besiege
                 the
                 Seraglio
                 ;
                 threatning
                 the
                 Sultana
                 terribly
                 if
                 she
                 executed
                 the
                 
                   Grand
                   Signiors
                
                 command
                 .
              
               
                 This
                 wise
                 Princess
                 had
                 much
                 ado
                 to
                 appease
                 them
                 by
                 letting
                 them
                 see
                 
                   Soliman
                   ,
                   Bajazet
                
                 ,
                 and
                 Orchanes
                 ,
                 and
                 shewed
                 themselves
                 very
                 sensible
                 of
                 her
                 kindness
                 to
                 them
                 ;
                 especially
                 Soliman
                 ,
                 who
                 still
                 respects
                 her
                 as
                 much
                 as
                 if
                 she
                 were
                 his
                 own
                 Mother
                 ;
                 and
                 not
                 without
                 reason
                 ,
                 for
                 she
                 has
                 saved
                 his
                 life
                 twice
                 .
                 She
                 abhorred
                 her
                 Sons
                 inhumanity
                 ,
                 and
                 sent
                 him
                 word
                 ,
                 that
                 her
                 affection
                 to
                 him
                 ,
                 and
                 care
                 of
                 his
                 preservation
                 and
                 glory
                 ,
                 kept
                 her
                 from
                 obeying
                 his
                 orders
                 ,
                 ●ince
                 it
                 was
                 certain
                 ,
                 that
                 if
                 she
                 should
                 put
                 his
                 Brothers
                 to
                 death
                 ,
                 the
                 Ianizaries
                 would
                 
                 endeavour
                 to
                 revenge
                 their
                 murthers
                 on
                 his
                 own
                 person
                 .
                 She
                 put
                 him
                 in
                 mind
                 of
                 his
                 Father
                 Ibrahim
                 ,
                 and
                 his
                 other
                 Ancestors
                 ,
                 who
                 perished
                 in
                 the
                 Factions
                 of
                 the
                 Militia
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 people
                 ;
                 and
                 conjured
                 him
                 not
                 to
                 occasion
                 his
                 own
                 ruine
                 by
                 that
                 of
                 his
                 Brothers
                 ,
                 whom
                 she
                 desired
                 him
                 to
                 look
                 upon
                 as
                 innocent
                 ,
                 and
                 not
                 to
                 think
                 that
                 the
                 honour
                 they
                 had
                 to
                 be
                 allied
                 to
                 him
                 rendred
                 them
                 criminal
                 ,
                 or
                 engaged
                 them
                 in
                 any
                 seditious
                 tumults
                 .
                 Moreover
                 ,
                 she
                 upbraided
                 him
                 severely
                 for
                 his
                 cruelty
                 ,
                 which
                 was
                 so
                 contrary
                 to
                 the
                 education
                 she
                 had
                 given
                 him
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 good
                 nature
                 which
                 had
                 hitherto
                 made
                 him
                 detest
                 the
                 barbarous
                 Maxims
                 of
                 his
                 Predecessors
                 .
              
               
                 In
                 the
                 mean
                 time
                 the
                 
                   Grand
                   Visier
                
                 knowing
                 that
                 the
                 
                   Grand
                   Signio●s
                
                 displeasure
                 proceeded
                 rather
                 from
                 the
                 ill
                 condition
                 of
                 his
                 affairs
                 at
                 Constantinople
                 ,
                 than
                 from
                 any
                 real
                 anger
                 ;
                 and
                 that
                 the
                 Selictar
                 his
                 Favourite
                 had
                 ,
                 to
                 satisfie
                 his
                 hatred
                 ,
                 caused
                 him
                 to
                 send
                 this
                 injurious
                 order
                 .
                 He
                 was
                 no
                 more
                 concerned
                 at
                 it
                 than
                 at
                 such
                 another
                 which
                 he
                 received
                 before
                 ;
                 and
                 only
                 
                 let
                 the
                 Sultan
                 know
                 by
                 
                   Iacup
                   Bassa
                
                 ,
                 that
                 he
                 had
                 still
                 fifty
                 thousand
                 men
                 left
                 to
                 finish
                 his
                 Expedition
                 ;
                 and
                 that
                 he
                 understood
                 himself
                 better
                 than
                 to
                 give
                 over
                 the
                 conquest
                 of
                 a
                 place
                 which
                 he
                 hoped
                 to
                 reduce
                 into
                 his
                 Highnesses
                 power
                 in
                 a
                 little
                 time
                 ,
                 notwithstanding
                 the
                 malice
                 of
                 his
                 enemies
                 ,
                 who
                 hindered
                 him
                 from
                 sending
                 the
                 Succors
                 he
                 demanded
                 ;
                 and
                 that
                 he
                 was
                 ready
                 to
                 deliver
                 the
                 Golden
                 Seal
                 to
                 whom
                 soever
                 he
                 should
                 judge
                 worthy
                 of
                 it
                 ,
                 as
                 soon
                 as
                 he
                 pleased
                 to
                 give
                 him
                 further
                 notice
                 .
                 After
                 this
                 he
                 endeavoured
                 to
                 hinder
                 the
                 besieged
                 from
                 receiving
                 any
                 relief
                 ,
                 but
                 in
                 vain
                 ;
                 for
                 the
                 Duke
                 of
                 Beaufort
                 arrived
                 at
                 the
                 Island
                 with
                 a
                 Fleet
                 of
                 fourscore
                 Ships
                 ,
                 and
                 landed
                 an
                 Army
                 of
                 twelve
                 thousand
                 men
                 ,
                 which
                 our
                 invincible
                 Monarch
                 sent
                 to
                 Candia
                 ,
                 moved
                 by
                 his
                 own
                 generosity
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 request
                 of
                 Pope
                 Clement
                 the
                 Ninth
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Venetians
                 ,
                 when
                 their
                 Embassador
                 came
                 to
                 demand
                 the
                 Marquess
                 of
                 
                   St.
                   Andr●
                   Montbrun
                
                 ,
                 of
                 his
                 Most
                 Christian
                 Majesty
                 ,
                 to
                 succeed
                 the
                 Marquess
                 
                   de
                   Ville
                
                 ,
                 whom
                 the
                 Duke
                 of
                 Savoy
                 had
                 recalled
                 ,
                 
                 in
                 the
                 command
                 of
                 the
                 Venetian
                 Infantry
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Duke
                 of
                 Navailles
                 ,
                 who
                 was
                 General
                 of
                 the
                 Army
                 ,
                 had
                 no
                 sooner
                 landed
                 his
                 men
                 ,
                 but
                 he
                 gave
                 order
                 to
                 attack
                 the
                 
                   Grand
                   Visier
                
                 in
                 his
                 Trenches
                 ;
                 he
                 was
                 followed
                 by
                 the
                 Duke
                 of
                 Beaufort
                 ,
                 and
                 his
                 Nephew
                 the
                 
                   Chevalier
                   de
                   Vendosme
                
                 ,
                 who
                 at
                 the
                 head
                 of
                 a
                 great
                 many
                 Officers
                 ,
                 and
                 illustrious
                 Volunteers
                 ,
                 marched
                 in
                 good
                 order
                 to
                 charge
                 the
                 Enemies
                 ,
                 who
                 prepared
                 to
                 resist
                 them
                 as
                 vigorously
                 ,
                 as
                 they
                 had
                 before
                 defended
                 themselves
                 from
                 the
                 attempts
                 of
                 
                   Monsieur
                   de
                   la
                   Feuillade
                
                 :
                 but
                 the
                 Turks
                 found
                 this
                 last
                 encounter
                 much
                 more
                 violent
                 than
                 the
                 former
                 .
                 They
                 could
                 not
                 withstand
                 the
                 Kings
                 Musqueteers
                 ,
                 commanded
                 by
                 
                   Monsieur
                   Colbert
                   de
                   Maulevrier
                
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 
                   Count
                   de
                   Montbrun
                
                 ,
                 with
                 the
                 rest
                 of
                 the
                 French
                 Troops
                 ;
                 and
                 they
                 began
                 to
                 give
                 ground
                 ,
                 when
                 the
                 
                   Grand
                   Visier
                
                 perceiving
                 their
                 disorder
                 ,
                 went
                 from
                 rank
                 to
                 rank
                 ,
                 encouraging
                 them
                 to
                 continue
                 the
                 Combat
                 ,
                 which
                 they
                 were
                 ready
                 to
                 have
                 quitted
                 .
                 On
                 the
                 
                 other
                 side
                 the
                 Duke
                 of
                 Navailles
                 behaved
                 himself
                 like
                 a
                 great
                 Captain
                 ,
                 and
                 an
                 experienced
                 General
                 .
                 The
                 Admiral
                 the
                 Duke
                 of
                 Beaufort
                 exposed
                 himself
                 to
                 the
                 greatest
                 dangers
                 ,
                 without
                 any
                 care
                 of
                 his
                 person
                 .
                 The
                 
                   Chevalier
                   de
                   Vendosme
                
                 ,
                 though
                 not
                 above
                 fourteen
                 years
                 old
                 ,
                 signalized
                 his
                 courage
                 in
                 the
                 formost
                 ranks
                 .
                 The
                 Duke
                 of
                 
                   Chasleau
                   Thierry
                
                 did
                 wonders
                 at
                 the
                 head
                 of
                 his
                 Regiment
                 ;
                 and
                 his
                 Brother
                 the
                 
                   Chevalier
                   de
                   Bouillon
                
                 following
                 his
                 example
                 ,
                 received
                 a
                 bruise
                 in
                 his
                 Belly
                 ,
                 which
                 forced
                 him
                 to
                 leave
                 the
                 Fight
                 .
                 These
                 brave
                 men
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 rest
                 of
                 the
                 Volunteers
                 animated
                 the
                 Souldiers
                 to
                 fight
                 like
                 Lions
                 ;
                 insomuch
                 that
                 the
                 Ottoman
                 General
                 seeing
                 his
                 men
                 yield
                 to
                 the
                 French
                 ,
                 who
                 advanced
                 to
                 drive
                 the
                 Ianizaries
                 from
                 their
                 Post
                 ,
                 caused
                 the
                 Mines
                 to
                 be
                 sprung
                 ,
                 which
                 he
                 had
                 made
                 to
                 stop
                 the
                 progress
                 of
                 the
                 Christian
                 Army
                 .
                 The
                 horrid
                 noise
                 and
                 fire
                 which
                 rose
                 all
                 at
                 once
                 in
                 the
                 midst
                 of
                 the
                 French
                 Troops
                 ,
                 surprised
                 and
                 scattered
                 them
                 .
                 Their
                 General
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Duke
                 of
                 Beaufort
                 ,
                 did
                 all
                 they
                 
                 could
                 to
                 rally
                 them
                 ;
                 but
                 not
                 being
                 seconded
                 as
                 they
                 were
                 promised
                 by
                 the
                 Town
                 ,
                 they
                 were
                 oppressed
                 with
                 numbers
                 ,
                 and
                 forced
                 to
                 retreat
                 ,
                 and
                 reimbarque
                 after
                 the
                 death
                 of
                 the
                 Duke
                 of
                 Beaufort
                 ,
                 who
                 had
                 performed
                 all
                 that
                 could
                 be
                 expected
                 from
                 a
                 Hero.
                 Many
                 Officers
                 and
                 Gentlemen
                 of
                 Quality
                 perished
                 in
                 this
                 engagement
                 ,
                 but
                 none
                 was
                 so
                 deplored
                 as
                 this
                 great
                 man.
                 
              
               
                 The
                 
                   Grand
                   Visier
                
                 seeing
                 these
                 dangerous
                 enemies
                 retreat
                 ,
                 doubted
                 not
                 but
                 that
                 the
                 besieged
                 ,
                 who
                 wholly
                 relied
                 on
                 the
                 French
                 Succors
                 ,
                 were
                 infinitely
                 discouraged
                 .
                 He
                 chose
                 out
                 ten
                 thousand
                 of
                 his
                 best
                 Souldiers
                 to
                 make
                 an
                 assault
                 at
                 noon-day
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 let
                 the
                 Venetians
                 see
                 that
                 he
                 was
                 perfectly
                 informed
                 of
                 the
                 condition
                 of
                 the
                 Town
                 .
                 He
                 spoke
                 so
                 resolutely
                 to
                 his
                 men
                 ,
                 and
                 promised
                 them
                 success
                 with
                 so
                 much
                 confidence
                 ,
                 that
                 they
                 behaved
                 themselves
                 at
                 this
                 time
                 more
                 couragiously
                 than
                 ever
                 :
                 but
                 they
                 were
                 entertained
                 so
                 warmly
                 by
                 the
                 Christians
                 ,
                 and
                 so
                 bravely
                 repulsed
                 ,
                 that
                 their
                 General
                 interpreted
                 
                 their
                 vigorous
                 defence
                 to
                 be
                 the
                 effect
                 of
                 the
                 gallantry
                 of
                 those
                 French
                 who
                 staid
                 to
                 see
                 the
                 event
                 of
                 the
                 Siege
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 hold
                 the
                 place
                 to
                 the
                 very
                 last
                 .
                 However
                 he
                 renewed
                 his
                 assaults
                 so
                 often
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Forces
                 of
                 the
                 besieged
                 diminished
                 so
                 fast
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 
                   Generalissimo
                   Morosini
                
                 ,
                 seeing
                 there
                 was
                 no
                 probability
                 of
                 preserving
                 the
                 City
                 ,
                 was
                 constrained
                 to
                 capitulate
                 ,
                 and
                 surrender
                 on
                 very
                 advantagious
                 conditions
                 ,
                 considering
                 the
                 miserable
                 state
                 the
                 Town
                 was
                 reduced
                 to
                 .
              
               
                 It
                 was
                 agreed
                 on
                 that
                 the
                 City
                 ,
                 and
                 all
                 the
                 Island
                 of
                 Candia
                 should
                 be
                 delivered
                 to
                 the
                 
                   Visier
                   Azem
                
                 ;
                 that
                 the
                 principal
                 Forts
                 ,
                 together
                 with
                 the
                 little
                 adjacent
                 Islands
                 ,
                 which
                 were
                 in
                 the
                 Venetians
                 possession
                 ,
                 and
                 all
                 their
                 other
                 Islands
                 in
                 the
                 Archipelago
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 other
                 Seas
                 ,
                 should
                 remain
                 in
                 the
                 Commonwealths
                 power
                 :
                 that
                 they
                 should
                 keep
                 the
                 Fort
                 of
                 Clissa
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 other
                 places
                 they
                 had
                 conquered
                 in
                 Dalmatia
                 ,
                 and
                 Albania
                 :
                 that
                 neither
                 party
                 should
                 be
                 obliged
                 to
                 give
                 the
                 other
                 any
                 sum
                 of
                 money
                 ,
                 upon
                 any
                 private
                 pretence
                 or
                 title
                 
                 whatever
                 :
                 that
                 the
                 Generalissimo
                 of
                 the
                 Venetian
                 Troops
                 might
                 carry
                 from
                 thence
                 three
                 hundred
                 pieces
                 of
                 Cannon
                 ,
                 with
                 all
                 the
                 warlike
                 Ammunition
                 ,
                 and
                 Provisions
                 that
                 were
                 there
                 :
                 that
                 the
                 Souldiers
                 should
                 march
                 out
                 with
                 their
                 Arms
                 ,
                 and
                 Baggage
                 :
                 that
                 the
                 Inhabitants
                 who
                 would
                 not
                 stay
                 there
                 might
                 go
                 whither
                 they
                 pleased
                 with
                 their
                 Families
                 ,
                 and
                 Goods
                 :
                 that
                 the
                 Christians
                 might
                 take
                 with
                 them
                 all
                 the
                 Reliques
                 ,
                 and
                 other
                 things
                 that
                 belonged
                 to
                 the
                 Church
                 :
                 that
                 all
                 Prisoners
                 should
                 be
                 freed
                 on
                 both
                 sides
                 :
                 and
                 that
                 there
                 should
                 be
                 an
                 inviolable
                 Peace
                 between
                 the
                 two
                 Nations
                 .
              
               
                 All
                 these
                 Articles
                 being
                 drawn
                 up
                 ,
                 were
                 presented
                 to
                 the
                 
                   Grand
                   Visier
                
                 ,
                 who
                 presently
                 signed
                 them
                 ,
                 though
                 they
                 were
                 somewhat
                 too
                 advantagious
                 for
                 a
                 place
                 that
                 could
                 hold
                 out
                 no
                 longer
                 ;
                 but
                 he
                 had
                 urgent
                 reasons
                 that
                 obliged
                 him
                 to
                 grant
                 these
                 conditions
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 hasten
                 the
                 conclusion
                 of
                 a
                 Peace
                 .
                 He
                 had
                 news
                 from
                 Constantinople
                 that
                 the
                 troubles
                 continued
                 there
                 ,
                 which
                 he
                 fear'd
                 would
                 be
                 very
                 
                 prejudicial
                 to
                 the
                 State
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 
                   Grand
                   Signior
                
                 :
                 besides
                 ,
                 he
                 apprehended
                 that
                 the
                 fresh
                 Succors
                 which
                 the
                 King
                 of
                 France
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Pope
                 were
                 sending
                 under
                 the
                 Conduct
                 of
                 the
                 
                   Mareschal
                   de
                   Bellefonds
                
                 ,
                 might
                 retard
                 the
                 taking
                 of
                 Candia
                 ,
                 which
                 would
                 be
                 more
                 inconvenient
                 to
                 him
                 than
                 all
                 the
                 favourable
                 clauses
                 that
                 he
                 granted
                 to
                 the
                 Christians
                 .
                 Therefore
                 he
                 received
                 the
                 Keys
                 of
                 the
                 place
                 with
                 great
                 satisfaction
                 ,
                 and
                 gave
                 him
                 that
                 brought
                 them
                 a
                 Purse
                 full
                 of
                 Sultanines
                 ,
                 and
                 sent
                 rich
                 Presents
                 to
                 the
                 Venetian
                 General
                 ;
                 who
                 not
                 to
                 be
                 behind-hand
                 with
                 him
                 in
                 Magnificence
                 ,
                 sent
                 him
                 an
                 handsom
                 service
                 of
                 Venetian
                 Glasses
                 ,
                 and
                 several
                 other
                 curious
                 things
                 ,
                 which
                 the
                 
                   Grand
                   Visier
                
                 received
                 very
                 civilly
                 ,
                 and
                 gave
                 a
                 considerable
                 sum
                 of
                 mony
                 to
                 those
                 who
                 brought
                 them
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Venetians
                 being
                 retired
                 ,
                 he
                 made
                 his
                 entry
                 into
                 Candia
                 ,
                 whither
                 the
                 principal
                 Officers
                 of
                 his
                 Army
                 came
                 to
                 complement
                 him
                 :
                 he
                 received
                 them
                 with
                 a
                 great
                 deal
                 of
                 modesty
                 .
                 
                   
                   I
                   expect
                   not
                   ,
                   said
                   he
                   to
                   them
                   ,
                   any
                   rejoycing
                   or
                   extraordinary
                   pomp
                   here
                   in
                   a
                   place
                   that
                   has
                   cost
                   us
                   so
                   dear
                   ,
                   over
                   whose
                   ruines
                   we
                   ought
                   rather
                   to
                   weep
                   .
                
                 His
                 astonishment
                 increased
                 at
                 every
                 step
                 he
                 made
                 in
                 the
                 Town
                 ;
                 and
                 the
                 desolation
                 he
                 met
                 with
                 every
                 where
                 augmented
                 his
                 good
                 opinion
                 of
                 the
                 Christians
                 ,
                 who
                 had
                 so
                 valiantly
                 defended
                 the
                 City
                 so
                 long
                 after
                 it
                 was
                 in
                 so
                 wretched
                 a
                 condition
                 .
                 After
                 this
                 he
                 bountifully
                 rewarded
                 his
                 Souldiers
                 ,
                 and
                 dispatched
                 a
                 Courrier
                 to
                 Adrianople
                 ,
                 to
                 give
                 the
                 
                   Grand
                   Signior
                
                 notice
                 of
                 the
                 taking
                 of
                 Candia
                 ;
                 and
                 to
                 let
                 him
                 know
                 that
                 he
                 was
                 now
                 ready
                 to
                 give
                 proofs
                 of
                 his
                 Fidelity
                 which
                 had
                 been
                 suspected
                 ;
                 and
                 that
                 in
                 a
                 short
                 time
                 he
                 would
                 be
                 at
                 Constantinople
                 with
                 fifty
                 thousand
                 well
                 disciplin'd
                 men
                 ,
                 to
                 reduce
                 and
                 punish
                 those
                 who
                 had
                 slighted
                 his
                 Highness
                 ,
                 and
                 had
                 made
                 use
                 of
                 his
                 absence
                 ,
                 to
                 mutiny
                 ,
                 and
                 disturb
                 the
                 Empire
                 .
                 This
                 unexpected
                 news
                 was
                 exceeding
                 welcome
                 to
                 the
                 
                   Grand
                   Signior
                
                 ,
                 who
                 lived
                 in
                 
                 strange
                 apprehension
                 of
                 the
                 tumults
                 which
                 daily
                 increased
                 at
                 Constantinople
                 .
                 He
                 thought
                 he
                 could
                 never
                 enough
                 commend
                 his
                 first
                 Minister
                 ,
                 whom
                 he
                 fully
                 absolved
                 ,
                 notwithstanding
                 all
                 the
                 ill
                 impressions
                 of
                 his
                 enemies
                 ;
                 declaring
                 openly
                 ,
                 that
                 
                   Achmet
                   Coprogli
                
                 was
                 the
                 prop
                 of
                 the
                 Ottoman
                 Empire
                 ;
                 and
                 that
                 none
                 but
                 he
                 was
                 capable
                 of
                 such
                 brave
                 Expeditions
                 ,
                 or
                 could
                 have
                 so
                 happily
                 ended
                 a
                 Siege
                 that
                 had
                 lasted
                 five
                 and
                 twenty
                 years
                 .
                 He
                 sent
                 him
                 the
                 Ratification
                 of
                 the
                 Articles
                 of
                 Peace
                 ,
                 with
                 a
                 rich
                 Cimarr
                 embroidered
                 with
                 Gold
                 ,
                 and
                 a
                 Scimitar
                 ;
                 the
                 Handle
                 ,
                 Guard
                 ,
                 and
                 Scabbard
                 of
                 which
                 were
                 set
                 with
                 Diamonds
                 ,
                 and
                 Stones
                 of
                 inestimable
                 value
                 ;
                 withal
                 assuring
                 him
                 that
                 he
                 would
                 receive
                 the
                 
                   Chevalier
                   Molino
                
                 kindly
                 ,
                 whom
                 the
                 Republique
                 designed
                 to
                 send
                 to
                 him
                 with
                 Presents
                 for
                 himself
                 ,
                 the
                 
                   Sultana
                   Valide
                
                 ,
                 the
                 Great
                 Sultana
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 chief
                 of
                 the
                 Port.
                 He
                 likewise
                 gave
                 him
                 notice
                 that
                 he
                 had
                 nominated
                 Commissioners
                 to
                 go
                 into
                 Dalmatia
                 ,
                 and
                 
                 other
                 places
                 where
                 their
                 presence
                 would
                 be
                 necessary
                 to
                 regulate
                 the
                 bounds
                 of
                 the
                 Venetian
                 Territories
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 remove
                 all
                 difficulties
                 that
                 might
                 hinder
                 the
                 conclusion
                 of
                 a
                 firm
                 and
                 lasting
                 Peace
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 
                   Visier
                   Azem
                
                 having
                 procured
                 this
                 Peace
                 ,
                 omitted
                 nothing
                 that
                 might
                 establish
                 it
                 ,
                 and
                 punctually
                 performed
                 all
                 that
                 he
                 promised
                 .
                 He
                 was
                 so
                 careful
                 not
                 to
                 violate
                 the
                 Treaty
                 with
                 the
                 Venetians
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 shew
                 the
                 sincerity
                 of
                 his
                 intentions
                 ,
                 that
                 he
                 caused
                 some
                 Turks
                 to
                 be
                 impaled
                 for
                 abusing
                 the
                 Christians
                 at
                 Sud●
                 ,
                 contrary
                 to
                 his
                 Proclamation
                 ,
                 that
                 they
                 should
                 do
                 them
                 no
                 wrong
                 upon
                 pain
                 of
                 death
                 ;
                 and
                 treated
                 the
                 Prisoners
                 that
                 were
                 in
                 his
                 Army
                 very
                 civilly
                 ,
                 and
                 set
                 them
                 at
                 liberty
                 ,
                 after
                 he
                 had
                 given
                 them
                 several
                 marks
                 of
                 his
                 generosity
                 .
              
               
                 When
                 he
                 had
                 ordered
                 all
                 things
                 necessary
                 for
                 the
                 conservation
                 of
                 the
                 Island
                 of
                 Candia
                 ,
                 he
                 prepared
                 to
                 march
                 with
                 the
                 rest
                 of
                 his
                 Troops
                 to
                 Constantinople
                 ,
                 where
                 the
                 news
                 of
                 his
                 Conquests
                 ,
                 
                 and
                 design
                 to
                 chastise
                 the
                 Mutineers
                 ,
                 quickly
                 calmed
                 the
                 Sedition
                 ;
                 and
                 those
                 who
                 had
                 been
                 most
                 active
                 in
                 it
                 ,
                 provided
                 for
                 their
                 safety
                 by
                 flight
                 ;
                 which
                 obliged
                 the
                 Sultan
                 ,
                 who
                 might
                 perhaps
                 apprehend
                 the
                 Visiers
                 approach
                 with
                 so
                 powerful
                 an
                 Army
                 ,
                 to
                 order
                 him
                 to
                 send
                 forty
                 thousand
                 men
                 towards
                 Mecha
                 ,
                 and
                 Medina
                 ,
                 to
                 punish
                 the
                 incendiaries
                 that
                 were
                 retreated
                 thither
                 ,
                 that
                 they
                 might
                 disturb
                 the
                 remotest
                 Provinces
                 of
                 the
                 Empire
                 ,
                 where
                 they
                 had
                 taken
                 away
                 the
                 rich
                 Offerings
                 which
                 the
                 
                   Grand
                   Signior
                
                 sent
                 to
                 
                 Mahomet's
                 Temple
                 ;
                 and
                 had
                 slain
                 the
                 Officers
                 ,
                 and
                 Ianizaries
                 that
                 carried
                 them
                 .
                 
                   Achmet
                   Coprogli
                
                 obeyed
                 the
                 Sultans
                 commands
                 so
                 exactly
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 Criminals
                 soon
                 received
                 the
                 punishment
                 they
                 deserved
                 ,
                 and
                 yet
                 marched
                 on
                 to
                 Constantinople
                 ,
                 where
                 the
                 Sedition
                 was
                 not
                 so
                 well
                 laid
                 ,
                 but
                 that
                 there
                 was
                 still
                 a
                 secret
                 Faction
                 among
                 the
                 Ianizaries
                 ,
                 against
                 his
                 Highness
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 
                   Grand
                   Visier
                
                 .
                 The
                 Emperor
                 advertised
                 him
                 of
                 it
                 ,
                 that
                 he
                 might
                 hasten
                 
                 his
                 march
                 to
                 that
                 City
                 ,
                 when
                 his
                 presence
                 was
                 absolutely
                 necessary
                 .
                 When
                 he
                 arrived
                 there
                 ,
                 he
                 was
                 of
                 opinion
                 that
                 the
                 surest
                 way
                 to
                 put
                 an
                 end
                 to
                 the
                 Tumults
                 ,
                 was
                 ,
                 to
                 remove
                 the
                 Garrison
                 which
                 corresponded
                 with
                 the
                 people
                 ,
                 to
                 appoint
                 new
                 Troops
                 to
                 guard
                 the
                 Town
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Seraglio
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 employ
                 the
                 others
                 at
                 a
                 distance
                 ,
                 where
                 they
                 might
                 not
                 be
                 able
                 to
                 plot
                 against
                 his
                 own
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Sultans
                 Authority
                 .
                 But
                 before
                 he
                 would
                 undertake
                 a
                 new
                 War
                 ,
                 he
                 advised
                 the
                 
                   Grand
                   Signior
                
                 to
                 maintain
                 a
                 good
                 understanding
                 between
                 himself
                 and
                 those
                 Princes
                 who
                 might
                 oppose
                 his
                 designs
                 .
                 From
                 thence
                 he
                 took
                 occasion
                 to
                 commend
                 the
                 extraordinary
                 valour
                 of
                 the
                 French
                 ,
                 assuring
                 him
                 that
                 they
                 only
                 had
                 retarded
                 the
                 taking
                 of
                 Candia
                 ,
                 as
                 they
                 had
                 before
                 stayed
                 the
                 progress
                 of
                 his
                 Arms
                 in
                 Hungary
                 ;
                 and
                 inflamed
                 him
                 with
                 a
                 desire
                 of
                 con●racting
                 an
                 alliance
                 with
                 the
                 King
                 of
                 France
                 ,
                 and
                 sending
                 an
                 Embassador
                 to
                 him
                 to
                 implore
                 his
                 friendship
                 .
                 The
                 Sultan
                 being
                 convinced
                 of
                 his
                 Ministers
                 experience
                 
                 and
                 judgment
                 ,
                 agreed
                 to
                 his
                 proposition
                 ,
                 and
                 resolved
                 to
                 follow
                 his
                 counsel
                 ;
                 and
                 not
                 long
                 after
                 dispatched
                 
                   Soliman
                   Mutafaraca
                
                 into
                 France
                 ,
                 where
                 he
                 was
                 magnificently
                 received
                 ,
                 and
                 was
                 incredibly
                 surprised
                 when
                 he
                 beheld
                 the
                 Majesty
                 and
                 Greatness
                 of
                 the
                 incomparable
                 French
                 Monarch
                 ,
                 to
                 whom
                 he
                 presented
                 a
                 Letter
                 stuffed
                 with
                 the
                 most
                 splendid
                 Titles
                 that
                 ever
                 any
                 Ottoman
                 Emperor
                 had
                 given
                 to
                 another
                 Potentate
                 .
                 This
                 Embassador
                 staid
                 some
                 time
                 at
                 Paris
                 ,
                 and
                 after
                 he
                 had
                 admired
                 the
                 Politeness
                 and
                 Glory
                 of
                 the
                 French
                 ,
                 he
                 returned
                 laden
                 with
                 rich
                 Presents
                 to
                 give
                 
                   Sultan
                   Mahomet
                
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 
                   Grand
                   Visier
                
                 an
                 account
                 of
                 his
                 Embassie
                 .
              
               
                 This
                 great
                 Minister
                 perceiving
                 that
                 Peace
                 rendered
                 the
                 Ianizaries
                 and
                 Spahies
                 every
                 day
                 more
                 insolent
                 ,
                 like
                 a
                 good
                 Pilot
                 ,
                 apprehended
                 a
                 tempest
                 in
                 the
                 midst
                 of
                 a
                 calm
                 ,
                 and
                 was
                 considering
                 how
                 he
                 might
                 remove
                 them
                 from
                 Constantinople
                 ,
                 when
                 the
                 troubles
                 of
                 Poland
                 furnished
                 him
                 with
                 an
                 expedient
                 .
              
               
               
                 This
                 Kingdom
                 was
                 disturbed
                 by
                 the
                 Factions
                 of
                 some
                 private
                 men
                 ,
                 who
                 sought
                 to
                 settle
                 their
                 own
                 authority
                 ,
                 during
                 the
                 vacancy
                 of
                 the
                 Throne
                 ,
                 by
                 the
                 voluntary
                 abdication
                 of
                 King
                 Cazimir
                 ,
                 who
                 being
                 tired
                 with
                 the
                 cares
                 that
                 attend
                 Royalty
                 ,
                 put
                 it
                 into
                 his
                 Subjects
                 power
                 to
                 elect
                 another
                 King.
                 Several
                 Princes
                 pretended
                 to
                 be
                 chosen
                 ,
                 but
                 none
                 so
                 earnestly
                 as
                 the
                 great
                 Duke
                 of
                 Moscovy
                 ,
                 who
                 had
                 a
                 mind
                 to
                 place
                 this
                 Crown
                 on
                 his
                 Sons
                 head
                 .
                 The
                 Succors
                 which
                 he
                 had
                 assisted
                 the
                 Polanders
                 with
                 to
                 repulse
                 the
                 Tartars
                 ,
                 who
                 broke
                 into
                 their
                 Territories
                 with
                 a
                 vast
                 Army
                 ,
                 seemed
                 to
                 countenance
                 his
                 pretensions
                 .
                 He
                 fancied
                 that
                 the
                 under
                 hand
                 dealings
                 of
                 Dorosensko
                 ,
                 the
                 General
                 of
                 the
                 Cossacks
                 ,
                 would
                 gain
                 him
                 all
                 the
                 voices
                 of
                 the
                 States
                 ;
                 but
                 the
                 Election
                 of
                 Prince
                 
                   Michel
                   Wicloveski
                
                 convinced
                 him
                 that
                 the
                 Faction
                 of
                 Sobieski
                 Great
                 Mareschal
                 of
                 Poland
                 ,
                 was
                 the
                 most
                 powerful
                 ,
                 as
                 tending
                 to
                 the
                 good
                 of
                 the
                 Kingdom
                 :
                 wherefore
                 finding
                 his
                 expectations
                 frustrated
                 ,
                 he
                 quitted
                 
                 the
                 Polish
                 Interest
                 ,
                 thereby
                 manifesting
                 that
                 his
                 own
                 ends
                 had
                 obliged
                 him
                 to
                 embrace
                 their
                 Party
                 ,
                 more
                 than
                 the
                 alliance
                 between
                 them
                 :
                 but
                 he
                 was
                 not
                 the
                 only
                 man
                 that
                 was
                 deceived
                 of
                 his
                 hopes
                 :
                 Dorosensko
                 was
                 so
                 concerned
                 ,
                 and
                 took
                 the
                 Great
                 Dukes
                 part
                 so
                 far
                 ,
                 that
                 he
                 could
                 not
                 conceal
                 his
                 resentment
                 .
                 He
                 was
                 one
                 of
                 the
                 most
                 powerful
                 ,
                 and
                 ambitious
                 men
                 in
                 the
                 Kingdom
                 ,
                 and
                 could
                 not
                 endure
                 to
                 see
                 Sobieski
                 made
                 
                   Grand
                   Mareschal
                
                 .
                 His
                 jealousie
                 made
                 him
                 seek
                 all
                 means
                 to
                 lessen
                 his
                 Rivals
                 authority
                 ,
                 opposing
                 whatsoever
                 he
                 undertook
                 ;
                 and
                 
                 Sobieski's
                 siding
                 with
                 the
                 Nobility
                 ,
                 whom
                 their
                 own
                 ,
                 and
                 Countries
                 interest
                 permitted
                 not
                 to
                 choose
                 the
                 Prince
                 of
                 Moscovy
                 ,
                 was
                 sufficient
                 ground
                 for
                 Dorosensko
                 to
                 form
                 a
                 contrary
                 Faction
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 favour
                 the
                 Great
                 Dukes
                 design
                 by
                 gaining
                 as●
                 many
                 voices
                 for
                 him
                 as
                 he
                 could
                 :
                 but
                 finding
                 this
                 project
                 did
                 not
                 succeed
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 the
                 new
                 King
                 cherished
                 the
                 vertue
                 and
                 merit
                 of
                 Sobieski
                 ,
                 whom
                 he
                 looked
                 on
                 as
                 an
                 invincible
                 
                 obstacle
                 to
                 his
                 ambitious
                 purposes
                 ;
                 and
                 besides
                 ,
                 perceiving
                 himself
                 suspected
                 to
                 be
                 an
                 enemy
                 to
                 the
                 State
                 ,
                 and
                 fearing
                 he
                 should
                 be
                 punished
                 as
                 a
                 disturber
                 of
                 the
                 publick
                 Peace
                 .
                 He
                 resolved
                 to
                 secure
                 himself
                 by
                 Rebellion
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 raise
                 his
                 fortune
                 by
                 betraying
                 his
                 King
                 and
                 Country
                 .
                 In
                 order
                 to
                 this
                 he
                 endeavoured
                 to
                 gain
                 the
                 chief
                 of
                 the
                 revolved
                 Cossacks
                 that
                 inhabit
                 the
                 Vkrain
                 ,
                 which
                 in
                 the
                 Sclavonian
                 tongue
                 signifies
                 the
                 Frontiers
                 .
                 He
                 had
                 a
                 great
                 deal
                 of
                 power
                 there
                 ,
                 and
                 many
                 friends
                 whom
                 he
                 perswaded
                 to
                 revolt
                 .
                 To
                 carry
                 on
                 his
                 enterprize
                 the
                 better
                 ,
                 he
                 went
                 to
                 Constantinople
                 to
                 solicit
                 the
                 
                   Grand
                   Signior
                
                 to
                 make
                 himself
                 master
                 of
                 this
                 Province
                 .
                 He
                 represented
                 to
                 him
                 ,
                 that
                 this
                 was
                 the
                 way
                 to
                 keep
                 all
                 the
                 Polanders
                 in
                 subjection
                 ,
                 who
                 so
                 often
                 diverted
                 his
                 Forces
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 get
                 the
                 Kingdom
                 it self
                 when
                 he
                 pleased
                 ;
                 promising
                 to
                 put
                 the
                 best
                 places
                 into
                 his
                 hands
                 ,
                 provided
                 his
                 Highness
                 would
                 send
                 an
                 Army
                 to
                 assist
                 him
                 .
                 The
                 
                   Grand
                   Visier
                
                 was
                 glad
                 of
                 this
                 pretence
                 ,
                 
                 not
                 only
                 to
                 employ
                 his
                 Troops
                 who
                 mutinied
                 through
                 idleness
                 ,
                 but
                 to
                 require
                 satisfaction
                 of
                 some
                 injuries
                 which
                 the
                 Sultan
                 had
                 received
                 from
                 the
                 Poles
                 .
                 Therefore
                 he
                 ordered
                 the
                 Tartars
                 to
                 be
                 ready
                 to
                 joyn
                 the
                 Army
                 which
                 he
                 sent
                 under
                 the
                 conduct
                 of
                 the
                 Bassa's
                 of
                 Natolia
                 and
                 Bossina
                 ;
                 and
                 at
                 the
                 same
                 time
                 commanded
                 the
                 Bassa's
                 of
                 Albania
                 ,
                 and
                 Romania
                 ,
                 to
                 march
                 with
                 the
                 Hospodars
                 of
                 Moldavia
                 ,
                 and
                 Walachia
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 approach
                 of
                 such
                 considerable
                 Forces
                 made
                 Poland
                 tremble
                 .
                 King
                 Michel
                 got
                 together
                 about
                 fifty
                 thousand
                 men
                 to
                 withstand
                 this
                 invasion
                 :
                 but
                 notwithstanding
                 all
                 his
                 precaution
                 ,
                 and
                 resistance
                 ,
                 the
                 Turks
                 made
                 themselves
                 Masters
                 of
                 Caminieck
                 ,
                 which
                 was
                 ever
                 accounted
                 inexpugnable
                 ,
                 and
                 of
                 the
                 whole
                 Vkrain
                 :
                 and
                 doubtless
                 they
                 would
                 not
                 have
                 stopped
                 there
                 ,
                 if
                 the
                 preparations
                 of
                 the
                 
                   Persian
                   Sophy
                
                 had
                 not
                 interrupted
                 their
                 progress
                 ,
                 and
                 caused
                 the
                 Visier
                 to
                 recal
                 the
                 Ottoman
                 Troops
                 to
                 oppose
                 him
                 ,
                 in
                 case
                 he
                 should
                 declare
                 War
                 against
                 
                 the
                 
                   Grand
                   Signior
                
                 .
                 Thus
                 this
                 Kingdom
                 obtained
                 a
                 Truce
                 which
                 he
                 broke
                 the
                 next
                 year
                 ,
                 to
                 continue
                 the
                 War
                 ,
                 and
                 force
                 the
                 Poles
                 to
                 pay
                 the
                 
                   Grand
                   Signior
                
                 the
                 Tribute
                 he
                 demanded
                 .
                 The
                 death
                 of
                 King
                 Michel
                 happening
                 at
                 this
                 time
                 ,
                 seemed
                 to
                 open
                 the
                 way
                 to
                 the
                 designs
                 of
                 the
                 Turks
                 ,
                 if
                 they
                 had
                 known
                 how
                 to
                 make
                 use
                 of
                 so
                 favourable
                 a
                 conjuncture
                 to
                 have
                 extended
                 their
                 Conquests
                 .
                 They
                 assembled
                 their
                 divided
                 Troops
                 ,
                 that
                 they
                 might
                 form
                 a
                 more
                 considerable
                 body
                 of
                 an
                 Army
                 ;
                 so
                 that
                 being
                 united
                 ,
                 without
                 comprehending
                 the
                 Walachians
                 ,
                 and
                 Moldavians
                 ,
                 they
                 amounted
                 to
                 about
                 two
                 and
                 thirty
                 thousand
                 men
                 under
                 the
                 conduct
                 of
                 three
                 Generals
                 ,
                 the
                 chief
                 of
                 which
                 was
                 
                   Soliman
                   Aga
                
                 ,
                 who
                 commanded
                 the
                 
                   Ianizaries
                   ,
                   Vssain
                   Spahiler
                   Agasi
                
                 ,
                 or
                 the
                 Colonel
                 of
                 the
                 Spahies
                 commanded
                 the
                 Horse
                 ,
                 and
                 
                   Caplan
                   Bassa
                
                 led
                 the
                 Forces
                 of
                 the
                 Asiatique
                 Provinces
                 .
                 They
                 thought
                 of
                 nothing
                 less
                 than
                 by
                 taking
                 of
                 Leopold
                 ,
                 which
                 refused
                 to
                 pay
                 contribution
                 ,
                 to
                 advance
                 
                 farther
                 into
                 the
                 Country
                 .
                 But
                 the
                 Grand
                 Mareschal
                 Sobieski
                 General
                 of
                 the
                 Polish
                 Army
                 ,
                 not
                 thinking
                 fit
                 to
                 expect
                 them
                 ,
                 resolved
                 to
                 hinder
                 their
                 progress
                 ,
                 though
                 he
                 was
                 much
                 inferior
                 to
                 his
                 enemies
                 in
                 strength
                 .
                 He
                 caused
                 the
                 General
                 of
                 Lithuania
                 to
                 joyn
                 him
                 with
                 his
                 Troops
                 ,
                 that
                 they
                 might
                 stop
                 the
                 passage
                 of
                 the
                 Turks
                 ,
                 who
                 had
                 retrenched
                 themselves
                 in
                 a
                 very
                 strong
                 Camp
                 ,
                 as
                 well
                 by
                 situation
                 ,
                 as
                 by
                 the
                 Works
                 ,
                 and
                 Fortifications
                 they
                 had
                 raised
                 about
                 it
                 .
                 The
                 Turkish
                 Camp
                 was
                 raised
                 on
                 all
                 sides
                 ,
                 being
                 bounded
                 the
                 South
                 by
                 Downs
                 ,
                 and
                 steep
                 Rocks
                 on
                 the
                 side
                 of
                 the
                 River
                 Niester
                 ,
                 over
                 which
                 they
                 had
                 laid
                 a
                 Bridge
                 ,
                 with
                 an
                 Half-moon
                 at
                 the
                 end
                 of
                 it
                 ,
                 to
                 defend
                 it
                 towards
                 Caminieck
                 ,
                 which
                 is
                 about
                 four
                 leagues
                 off
                 .
                 On
                 the
                 East
                 it
                 was
                 covered
                 by
                 the
                 Castle
                 of
                 Cotzchin
                 ,
                 with
                 which
                 it
                 had
                 communication
                 ,
                 by
                 means
                 of
                 a
                 little
                 Bridge
                 over
                 some
                 flowed
                 ground
                 .
                 On
                 the
                 North
                 it
                 was
                 strengthened
                 by
                 a
                 Trench
                 ,
                 and
                 an
                 Horn-work
                 :
                 and
                 on
                 the
                 West
                 it
                 was
                 
                 raised
                 in
                 form
                 of
                 a
                 Terrace
                 ,
                 and
                 divided
                 by
                 a
                 large
                 depth
                 from
                 another
                 small
                 Camp
                 of
                 the
                 Moldavians
                 ,
                 and
                 Walachians
                 ,
                 the
                 Turks
                 never
                 suffering
                 any
                 strangers
                 to
                 incamp
                 with
                 them
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 
                   Great
                   Mareschal
                
                 being
                 arrived
                 at
                 this
                 Camp
                 the
                 ninth
                 of
                 October
                 ,
                 1673.
                 planted
                 two
                 Batteries
                 of
                 Cannon
                 ,
                 to
                 answer
                 the
                 enemies
                 who
                 fired
                 continually
                 .
                 After
                 this
                 he
                 wrought
                 so
                 far
                 on
                 the
                 Hospodars
                 or
                 Walachia
                 ,
                 and
                 Moldavia
                 ,
                 who
                 came
                 not
                 to
                 the
                 War
                 ,
                 but
                 through
                 a
                 forced
                 obedience
                 ,
                 as
                 to
                 perswade
                 them
                 to
                 desert
                 the
                 Turks
                 as
                 soon
                 as
                 the
                 fight
                 began
                 :
                 but
                 the
                 Hospodars
                 fearing
                 their
                 correspondence
                 would
                 be
                 discovered
                 ,
                 and
                 their
                 design
                 prevented
                 ,
                 retreated
                 the
                 night
                 following
                 ,
                 leaving
                 part
                 of
                 their
                 Troops
                 to
                 the
                 Poles
                 ,
                 who
                 immediately
                 seized
                 on
                 their
                 Post
                 ;
                 when
                 General
                 Sobieski
                 advancing
                 to
                 observe
                 the
                 enemies
                 posture
                 ,
                 and
                 finding
                 there
                 was
                 a
                 great
                 disturbance
                 in
                 their
                 Camp
                 ,
                 caused
                 without
                 doubt
                 by
                 the
                 departure
                 of
                 the
                 Walachians
                 ,
                 and
                 Moldavians
                 :
                 he
                 thought
                 it
                 expedient
                 to
                 
                 make
                 advantage
                 of
                 their
                 disorder
                 ,
                 and
                 without
                 more
                 delay
                 ,
                 brought
                 the
                 Lithuanian
                 Foot
                 to
                 force
                 the
                 Camp
                 in
                 the
                 weakest
                 place
                 ,
                 ordering
                 his
                 Horse
                 to
                 cover
                 them
                 and
                 oppose
                 the
                 enemies
                 sally
                 ,
                 while
                 he
                 attacked
                 them
                 in
                 another
                 quarter
                 :
                 but
                 when
                 he
                 saw
                 that
                 the
                 Turks
                 stoutly
                 repulsed
                 the
                 Lithuanians
                 ,
                 and
                 made
                 the
                 Poles
                 themselves
                 give
                 ground
                 ,
                 he
                 put
                 himself
                 at
                 the
                 head
                 of
                 the
                 Palatine
                 of
                 
                 Russia's
                 Dragoons
                 ,
                 and
                 alighting
                 from
                 his
                 Horse
                 ,
                 in
                 the
                 sight
                 of
                 all
                 the
                 Army
                 ,
                 went
                 to
                 the
                 assault
                 ,
                 in
                 so
                 difficult
                 a
                 place
                 ,
                 that
                 he
                 had
                 much
                 ado
                 to
                 climb
                 up
                 to
                 the
                 top
                 ;
                 from
                 whence
                 with
                 a
                 bravery
                 no
                 less
                 admirable
                 than
                 that
                 of
                 Alexander
                 the
                 great
                 ,
                 when
                 he
                 leaped
                 into
                 the
                 Town
                 of
                 the
                 Oxidracans
                 :
                 the
                 Great
                 Sobieski
                 threw
                 himself
                 into
                 the
                 Ottoman
                 Camp
                 ,
                 where
                 he
                 alone
                 supported
                 all
                 the
                 brunt
                 ;
                 giving
                 some
                 of
                 his
                 valiantest
                 Souldiers
                 who
                 followed
                 him
                 ,
                 time
                 to
                 level
                 the
                 bank
                 ,
                 and
                 fill
                 up
                 the
                 Trenches
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 Horse
                 might
                 come
                 in
                 to
                 their
                 assistance
                 .
                 The
                 Hussars
                 who
                 are
                 deservedly
                 accounted
                 invincible
                 ,
                 
                 since
                 by
                 perpetual
                 Victories
                 they
                 have
                 ever
                 gloriously
                 maintained
                 their
                 reputation
                 ,
                 immediately
                 incompassed
                 their
                 illustrious
                 General
                 ,
                 who
                 dispatch'd
                 all
                 that
                 came
                 in
                 his
                 way
                 ;
                 and
                 having
                 remounted
                 him
                 ,
                 they
                 followed
                 him
                 into
                 the
                 midst
                 of
                 the
                 Battle
                 ,
                 where
                 he
                 faced
                 the
                 greatest
                 dangers
                 ,
                 and
                 dealing
                 death
                 on
                 every
                 side
                 ,
                 exhorted
                 his
                 Souldiers
                 not
                 to
                 plunder
                 yet
                 ,
                 since
                 the
                 vast
                 riches
                 of
                 the
                 Camp
                 would
                 be
                 assured
                 to
                 them
                 by
                 the
                 Victory
                 .
                 His
                 example
                 was
                 so
                 prevalent
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 most
                 backward
                 of
                 his
                 men
                 durst
                 not
                 shrink
                 from
                 their
                 Leader
                 ;
                 insomuch
                 that
                 the
                 enemies
                 after
                 they
                 had
                 four
                 hours
                 together
                 withstood
                 a
                 violent
                 assault
                 ,
                 at
                 last
                 disobeyed
                 their
                 Generals
                 commands
                 ,
                 and
                 endeavoured
                 to
                 save
                 themselves
                 by
                 flight
                 .
                 Such
                 a
                 consternation
                 seized
                 on
                 them
                 ,
                 that
                 above
                 ten
                 thousand
                 cast
                 themselves
                 down
                 the
                 precipices
                 ;
                 all
                 the
                 rest
                 were
                 put
                 to
                 the
                 Sword
                 in
                 the
                 Camp
                 by
                 the
                 Poles
                 :
                 and
                 some
                 who
                 thought
                 to
                 retire
                 to
                 Caminieck
                 ,
                 were
                 prevented
                 by
                 Colonel
                 Miochenski
                 ,
                 who
                 
                 swam
                 the
                 Niester
                 ,
                 and
                 cut
                 them
                 off
                 .
                 This
                 Defeat
                 was
                 so
                 great
                 ,
                 that
                 out
                 of
                 two
                 and
                 thirty
                 thousand
                 ,
                 but
                 fifteen
                 hundred
                 escaped
                 ,
                 amongst
                 whom
                 was
                 
                   Caplan
                   Bassa
                
                 :
                 the
                 two
                 other
                 Generals
                 ,
                 Soliman
                 and
                 Vssain
                 ,
                 were
                 killed
                 upon
                 the
                 place
                 ;
                 the
                 first
                 of
                 them
                 having
                 the
                 honour
                 to
                 be
                 slain
                 by
                 the
                 Great
                 Sobieski
                 ,
                 who
                 encountering
                 him
                 in
                 the
                 heat
                 of
                 the
                 fight
                 ,
                 dispatched
                 him
                 with
                 his
                 Sword
                 ,
                 and
                 took
                 his
                 Scimitar
                 from
                 him
                 ,
                 which
                 he
                 now
                 wears
                 himself
                 .
              
               
                 This
                 Camp
                 is
                 fatal
                 to
                 the
                 
                   Turks
                   .
                   Osman
                
                 ,
                 the
                 first
                 of
                 that
                 name
                 was
                 defeated
                 there
                 by
                 the
                 Poles
                 ,
                 in
                 the
                 year
                 1621.
                 commanded
                 by
                 young
                 Prince
                 Vladislaus
                 ,
                 King
                 
                 Sigismund's
                 Son
                 ,
                 and
                 
                   Chodkieuiki
                   ,
                   Lubomirski
                
                 ,
                 and
                 Sobieski
                 ,
                 the
                 Father
                 of
                 the
                 Great
                 Sobieski
                 ,
                 now
                 King
                 of
                 Poland
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 news
                 of
                 this
                 Victory
                 was
                 as
                 unwelcome
                 to
                 the
                 Sultan
                 ,
                 and
                 his
                 
                   Grand
                   Visier
                
                 ,
                 as
                 it
                 was
                 the
                 contrary
                 to
                 the
                 States
                 of
                 Poland
                 ,
                 who
                 were
                 met
                 together
                 to
                 elect
                 a
                 King.
                 They
                 believed
                 they
                 could
                 not
                 bestow
                 the
                 
                 Crown
                 on
                 any
                 one
                 that
                 deserved
                 it
                 more
                 than
                 he
                 who
                 had
                 supported
                 ,
                 and
                 preserved
                 it
                 ,
                 when
                 it
                 was
                 exposed
                 a
                 prey
                 to
                 its
                 most
                 dangerous
                 enemies
                 ;
                 therefore
                 they
                 offered
                 it
                 him
                 as
                 a
                 just
                 recompence
                 of
                 his
                 desert
                 ,
                 and
                 vertue
                 ,
                 and
                 with
                 one
                 accord
                 proclaimed
                 him
                 King
                 :
                 acknowledging
                 him
                 to
                 be
                 their
                 lawful
                 Prince
                 ,
                 preferably
                 to
                 all
                 other
                 pretenders
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 
                   Grand
                   Visier
                
                 ,
                 who
                 before
                 this
                 Defeat
                 had
                 rejected
                 all
                 overtures
                 of
                 Peace
                 with
                 Poland
                 ,
                 now
                 advised
                 the
                 Sultan
                 to
                 name
                 his
                 Deputies
                 for
                 a
                 Treaty
                 ;
                 but
                 the
                 difficulties
                 that
                 were
                 raised
                 as
                 well
                 by
                 the
                 Tartars
                 as
                 the
                 
                   Grand
                   Signior
                
                 ,
                 hindered
                 the
                 conclusion
                 of
                 it
                 .
                 The
                 Tartars
                 ,
                 who
                 cannot
                 endure
                 to
                 be
                 at
                 rest
                 ,
                 and
                 cannot
                 live
                 without
                 War
                 ,
                 required
                 the
                 Turkish
                 Emperor
                 to
                 make
                 the
                 Poles
                 agree
                 with
                 them
                 about
                 the
                 bounds
                 of
                 their
                 Territories
                 ,
                 which
                 had
                 been
                 the
                 occasion
                 of
                 a
                 tedious
                 War.
                 The
                 Sultan
                 on
                 the
                 other
                 side
                 being
                 unwilling
                 to
                 restore
                 what
                 he
                 had
                 usurped
                 ,
                 would
                 not
                 relinquish
                 his
                 Conquests
                 in
                 Poland
                 ,
                 
                 unless
                 they
                 would
                 pay
                 him
                 a
                 very
                 considerable
                 yearly
                 Tribute
                 .
              
               
                 But
                 the
                 Great
                 Sobieski
                 being
                 invested
                 with
                 the
                 Sovereign
                 Dignity
                 ,
                 looked
                 on
                 the
                 payment
                 of
                 Tribute
                 as
                 a
                 mark
                 of
                 dependence
                 unworthy
                 a
                 Diadem
                 which
                 owns
                 no
                 Superior
                 Power
                 ,
                 and
                 rejected
                 the
                 
                   Grand
                   Signiors
                
                 Propositions
                 ,
                 who
                 soon
                 took
                 the
                 Field
                 ,
                 and
                 advanced
                 with
                 the
                 
                   Grand
                   Visier
                
                 as
                 far
                 as
                 Caminieck
                 ;
                 where
                 having
                 received
                 news
                 of
                 the
                 Sophies
                 prepara●ions
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 revolt
                 of
                 some
                 Governours
                 ,
                 he
                 granted
                 a
                 Truce
                 to
                 the
                 Poles
                 ,
                 leaving
                 Commissioners
                 to
                 treat
                 with
                 King
                 
                 Sobieski's
                 Deputies
                 ,
                 and
                 returned
                 to
                 Adrianople
                 :
              
               
                 Though
                 the
                 Sultan
                 suffered
                 great
                 losses
                 in
                 this
                 War
                 ,
                 yet
                 it
                 caused
                 no
                 great
                 change
                 in
                 the
                 State.
                 The
                 
                   Grand
                   Visier
                
                 having
                 pacified
                 the
                 Provinces
                 ,
                 and
                 allayed
                 the
                 tumults
                 which
                 the
                 Mili●ia
                 raised
                 in
                 his
                 absence
                 ,
                 applied
                 himself
                 to
                 regulate
                 the
                 affairs
                 of
                 the
                 Port
                 ,
                 endeavouring
                 to
                 make
                 the
                 people
                 sensible
                 of
                 the
                 blessings
                 of
                 Peace
                 ,
                 by
                 easing
                 them
                 of
                 the
                 extraordinary
                 
                 taxes
                 which
                 the
                 Sultan
                 had
                 laid
                 on
                 them
                 ,
                 to
                 defray
                 the
                 expences
                 of
                 the
                 War
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 replenish
                 his
                 treasury
                 ,
                 which
                 was
                 exhausted
                 by
                 it
                 .
              
               
                 This
                 great
                 Minister
                 by
                 his
                 industry
                 and
                 prudence
                 ,
                 has
                 so
                 gained
                 the
                 esteem
                 and
                 friendship
                 of
                 all
                 the
                 world
                 ,
                 that
                 he
                 is
                 no
                 less
                 respected
                 by
                 the
                 Army
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 people
                 ,
                 than
                 the
                 Emperor
                 himself
                 ,
                 whom
                 he
                 governs
                 as
                 he
                 pleases
                 ,
                 having
                 obtained
                 an
                 absolute
                 power
                 over
                 him
                 ;
                 which
                 is
                 not
                 so
                 much
                 to
                 be
                 attributed
                 to
                 the
                 
                 Sultan's
                 weakness
                 ,
                 as
                 to
                 his
                 perfect
                 knowledge
                 of
                 Achmet
                 Coprogli's
                 vertue
                 ,
                 and
                 desert
                 ,
                 who
                 at
                 this
                 time
                 keeps
                 the
                 City
                 of
                 Constantinople
                 in
                 obedience
                 ,
                 which
                 is
                 so
                 dissatisfied
                 with
                 his
                 Highnesses
                 ill
                 usage
                 ,
                 that
                 had
                 it
                 not
                 been
                 for
                 his
                 first
                 Minister
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 
                   Sultana
                   Valide
                
                 ,
                 it
                 would
                 lately
                 have
                 revolted
                 ,
                 when
                 the
                 
                   Grand
                   Signior
                
                 threatned
                 to
                 take
                 away
                 its
                 priviledges
                 .
                 Nevertheless
                 ,
                 what
                 a
                 version
                 soever
                 this
                 Prince
                 has
                 for
                 the
                 chief
                 City
                 of
                 his
                 Empire
                 ,
                 he
                 would
                 have
                 returned
                 thither
                 ,
                 if
                 the
                 
                   Grand
                   Visier
                
                 had
                 not
                 hindered
                 him
                 
                 for
                 some
                 secret
                 reasons
                 ,
                 which
                 I
                 may
                 hereafter
                 publish
                 in
                 the
                 continuation
                 of
                 his
                 Ministry
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 sequel
                 of
                 the
                 History
                 of
                 the
                 Ottoman
                 Family
                 ,
                 when
                 I
                 shall
                 be
                 furnished
                 with
                 new
                 Memoires
                 of
                 the
                 most
                 curious
                 affairs
                 of
                 the
                 Seraglio
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Grand
                 Signior's
                 Court●
                 where
                 nothing
                 is
                 concluded
                 without
                 the
                 advice
                 of
                 
                   Achmet
                   Coprogli
                
                 .
                 So
                 that
                 one
                 may
                 affirm
                 that
                 this
                 Minister
                 shares
                 the
                 Sovereign
                 Authority
                 ,
                 and
                 is
                 the
                 supreme
                 Arbiter
                 of
                 the
                 powerfullest
                 Empire
                 in
                 the
                 world
                 .
                 But
                 that
                 which
                 is
                 wonderful
                 in
                 the
                 pre●erment
                 of
                 this
                 great
                 man
                 ,
                 is
                 ,
                 that
                 his
                 vertue
                 and
                 merit
                 is
                 so
                 universally
                 known
                 ,
                 that
                 all
                 Nations
                 think
                 him
                 worthy
                 of
                 his
                 good
                 Fortune
                 .
              
               
                 FINIS
                 .
              
               
                 
                 END
              
            
          
        
         
      
       
         
           
             
             
               〈…〉
            
             
               
               
                 A
                 〈…〉
              
               
                 〈◊〉
                 ,
                 
                   ●
                   
                     give
                     over
                  
                   .
                
              
               
                 〈…〉
              
               
                 〈…〉
              
               
                 〈…〉
              
               
                 〈…〉
              
               
                 
                   abidit
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 suffred
                 .
              
               
                 adode
                 ,
                 received
                 .
              
               
                 
                   adode
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 tarrying
                 .
              
               
                 
                   abrayde
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 arose
                 ,
                 recovered
                 .
              
               
                 
                   abrayde
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 brake
                 off
                 ,
                 up-start
                 .
              
               
                 a●eding
                 ,
                 upbraiding
                 .
              
               
                 
                   ablusions
                   ,
                   l.
                
                 cleansings
                 .
              
               
                 
                   acale
                   ,
                   d.
                
                 cold
                 .
              
               
                 
                   accesse
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 ague
                 .
              
               
                 
                   accidie
                   ,
                   l.
                
                 wanhope
                 .
              
               
                 
                   accoy
                   ,
                   f.
                
                 asswage
                 .
              
               
                 
                   acoyed
                   ,
                   f.
                
                 panpered
                 ,
                 made
                 quiet
                 .
              
               
                 
                   achecked
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 stayed
                 .
              
               
                 
                   acheked
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 choked
                 .
              
               
                 
                   ackele
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 cool
                 .
              
               
                 
                   acloyeth
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 overchargeth
                 .
              
               
                 
                   accoke
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 aw●y
                 .
              
               
                 
                   acquite
                   ,
                   f.
                
                 match
                 ,
                 to
                 dispatch
                 .
              
               
                 
                   adassed
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 abashed
                 .
              
               
                 
                   adawed
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 awaked
                 .
              
               
                 
                   adiacent
                   ,
                   l.
                
                 adjoyning
                 .
              
               
                 
                   aduertence
                   ,
                   l.
                
                 audience
                 :
                 also
                 mind
                 ,
                 or
                 thought
                 .
              
               
                 
                   aduert
                   ,
                   l.
                
                 mark
                 .
              
               
                 
                   adbentasse
                   ,
                   f.
                
                 coat
                 of
                 Armour
                 .
              
               
                 
                   asy●e
                   ,
                   f.
                
                 fined
                 .
              
               
                 
                   a●●
                   ,
                   f.
                
                 have
                 trust
                 .
              
               
                 
                   asscay
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 seare
                 ,
                 stirre
                 ,
                 assaule
                 .
              
               
                 
                   asscey
                   ,
                   f.
                
                 sturdinesle
                 ,
                 also
                 seare
                 .
              
               
                 
                   agasteth
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 skarreth
                 .
              
               
                 
                   agiler
                   ,
                   f.
                
                 a
                 market
                 of
                 men
                 .
              
               
                 
                   agisted
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 commited
                 ,
                 offended
                 .
              
               
                 agre
                 ,
                 to
                 please
                 ,
                 to
                 content
                 .
              
               
                 
                   agredge
                   ,
                   f.
                
                 aggravate
                 ,
                 to
                 gather
                 together
                 .
              
               
                 
                   agrise
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 afraid
                 .
              
               
                 
                   agrisen
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 aseard
                 .
              
               
                 〈…〉
              
               
                 〈…〉
              
               
                 〈…〉
              
               
                 〈…〉
              
               
                 〈…〉
              
               
                 〈…〉
              
               
                 *
                 Alnath
                 .
                 alnath
                 is
                 a
                 fixed
                 Star
                 in
                 the
                 horns
                 of
                 Aries
                 ,
                 from
                 whence
                 the
                 first
                 mansion
                 of
                 the
                 Moon
                 taketh
                 his
                 name
                 ,
                 and
                 is
                 called
                 Alnath
                 .
              
               
                 
                   alledgement
                   ,
                   i.
                
                 case
                 .
              
               
                 
                   alledged
                   ,
                   i.
                
                 diminished
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Alderan
                   ,
                   a.
                
                 a
                 Star
                 in
                 the
                 Neck
                 of
                 the
                 Lion.
                 
              
               
                 
                   Algate
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 notwithstanding
                 ,
                 ever
                 ,
                 forsooth
                 ,
                 even
                 now
                 ,
                 altogether
                 .
              
               
                 
                   alcali
                   ,
                   a.
                
                 Nightshade
                 ,
                 salt
                 wort
                 .
              
               
                 Algezer
                 ,
                 Alegz●ra
                 ,
                 a
                 City
                 in
                 Spam
                 ,
                 near
                 the
                 ●●●eights
                 of
                 Gibralter
                 .
              
               
                 
                   al
                   's
                   ,
                   d.
                
                 also
                 :
                 as
                 well
                 .
              
               
                 
                   alessake
                   ,
                   d.
                
                 Maypole
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Almagi●●
                   ,
                   a.
                
                 a
                 work
                 of
                 Astronomie
                 ,
                 written
                 by
                 Ptolomie
                 .
              
               
                 
                   alembic
                   ,
                   a.
                
                 a
                 stillitorie
                 .
              
               
                 
                   alures
                   ,
                   f.
                
                 walkes
                 ,
                 alleyes
                 .
              
               
                 
                   algoni●●a
                   ,
                   
                     a.
                     (
                     canis
                     minor
                  
                
                 )
                 the
                 greater
                 dog
                 starre
                 .
              
               
                 
                   alswa
                   ,
                   d.
                
                 also
                 .
              
               
                 
                   ally
                   ,
                   
                     f.
                     b.
                  
                
                 kin
                 .
              
               
                 
                   allen
                   ,
                   f
                
                 ,
                 allie
                 .
              
               
                 Alisandre
                 ,
                 Alexandria
                 in
                 Egypt
                 ,
                 now
                 called
                 Scanderia
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Almurie
                   ,
                   a.
                
                 the
                 denticle
                 of
                 Capricorne
                 .
              
               
                 
                   algrism
                   ,
                   
                     a.
                     (
                     algebra
                  
                   .
                
                 )
                 The
                 art
                 of
                 figurate
                 numbers
                 .
              
               
                 
                   alterate
                   ,
                   l.
                
                 chaunged
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Almicanteras
                   ,
                   a.
                
                 the
                 name
                 of
                 the
                 Circles
                 ,
                 which
                 are
                 imagined
                 to
                 pafs
                 throw
                 every
                 de●●●●
                 〈…〉
              
               
                 〈…〉
              
               
                 〈…〉
              
               
                 〈…〉
              
               
                 〈…〉
              
               
                 
                   all
                   a
                   boone
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 made
                 request
                 .
              
               
                 
                   allegeance
                   ,
                   i.
                
                 case
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Allibatha
                   ,
                   a.
                
                 the
                 Index
                 of
                 the
                 Astrolade
                 .
              
               
                 
                   allaundes
                   ,
                   f.
                
                 grey
                 hounds
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Amabriade●
                   ,
                   g.
                
                 Nymphs
                 ,
                 that
                 live
                 and
                 dye
                 with
                 the
                 Tress
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Ama●
                   amyng
                
                 ,
                 using
                 a
                 mixture
                 of
                 quick-lilver
                 and
                 metals
                 .
              
               
                 
                   amate
                   ,
                   d.
                
                 daunted
                 .
              
               
                 
                   ametised
                   ,
                   f.
                
                 quenched
                 .
              
               
                 
                   amenused
                   ,
                   f.
                
                 diminished
                 .
              
               
                 amo●●t●
                 ,
                 lovers
                 favous
                 .
              
               
                 
                   amortised
                   ,
                   l.
                
                 killed
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Amphsbologies
                   ,
                   g.
                
                 forms
                 of
                 speaking
                 ,
                 wherein
                 one
                 Sentence
                 hath
                 contrary
                 sences
                 .
              
               
                 
                   ancelle
                   ,
                   l.
                
                 an
                 handmaid
                 .
              
               
                 anigate
                 ,
                 occasion
                 .
              
               
                 
                   anhowde
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 hoover
                 .
              
               
                 Anelace
                 ,
                 (
                 Prolog
                 )
                 a
                 falchion
                 or
                 wood-knife
                 .
                 Which
                 I
                 gather
                 out
                 of
                 
                   Matthew
                   Paris
                
                 ,
                 page
                 535
                 ,
                 where
                 he
                 writeth
                 thus
                 ;
                 
                   Quorum
                   unus
                   videus
                   occiduam
                   partem
                   dorsi
                
                 (
                 of
                 Richard
                 Earl
                 Marshal
                 ,
                 then
                 fighting
                 for
                 his
                 life
                 in
                 Ireland
                 )
                 
                   minus
                   armis
                   communitam
                   ,
                   percussit
                   eum
                   in
                   posteriora
                   (
                   loricam
                   sublevando
                   )
                   cum
                   quodam
                   genere
                   cultelli
                   ,
                   quod
                   vulgariter
                   Auelacitus
                   nuucupatur
                   ,
                   &
                   laetaliter
                   vulnerabat
                   eum
                   cultellum
                   usque
                   ad
                   manubrium
                   immergendo
                
                 ;
                 which
                 Aunelace
                 was
                 worn
                 about
                 the
                 girdlesteed
                 of
                 the
                 Body
                 ,
                 as
                 was
                 the
                 pouch
                 or
                 purse
                 :
                 for
                 thus
                 ,
                 pag.
                 542.
                 writeth
                 the
                 same
                 
                   Matthew
                   Paris
                   ;
                   Inter
                   quos
                   Petrus
                   de
                   Rivalis
                   primus
                   in
                   causam
                   
                   vocatus
                   apparuit
                   coram
                   rege
                   in
                   habitu
                   clericali
                   ,
                   cum
                   ●onsura
                   ,
                   &
                   lata
                   corona
                   ,
                   analaceo
                   tamen
                   alumbali
                   dependentè
                   ,
                   &c.
                   
                
              
               
                 
                   anney
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 annoy
                 .
              
               
                 
                   annueller
                   ,
                   f.
                
                 secular
                 .
              
               
                 anoy
                 ,
                 forethink
                 .
              
               
                 
                   antiphoner
                   ,
                   g.
                
                 a
                 certain
                 service
                 book
                 .
              
               
                 anhowue
                 ,
                 to
                 hover
                 .
              
               
                 anticlaudianus
                 ,
                 
                   a
                   certain
                   book
                   written
                   by
                   one
                   
                     Alanus
                     de
                     Insulis
                  
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   antem
                   ,
                   g.
                
                 a
                 song
                 .
              
               
                 
                   appale
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 decay
                 .
              
               
                 
                   appayre
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 decay
                 .
              
               
                 
                   apparell
                   ,
                   f.
                
                 prepare
                 .
              
               
                 apaled
                 ,
                 unpleasant
                 .
              
               
                 
                   appeteth
                   ,
                   l.
                
                 desireth
                 .
              
               
                 
                   append
                   ,
                   l.
                
                 belong
                 .
              
               
                 
                   apoplexie
                   ,
                   g.
                
                 dead
                 palsie
                 .
              
               
                 
                   apposen
                   ,
                   i.
                
                 demand
                 ,
                 object
                 .
              
               
                 
                   aprentise
                   ,
                   f.
                
                 skill
                 .
              
               
                 
                   aprise
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 adventure
                 ,
                 or
                 shew
                 .
              
               
                 
                   aquiler
                   ,
                   f.
                
                 needle-case
                 .
              
               
                 
                   arace
                   ,
                   f.
                
                 to
                 deface
                 .
              
               
                 
                   arblasters
                   ,
                   f.
                
                 Cross-bows
                 .
              
               
                 
                   arrest
                   ,
                   f.
                
                 durance
                 ,
                 quietness
                 ,
                 stay
                 ,
                 an
                 assault
                 ,
                 also
                 he
                 that
                 tarieth
                 still
                 .
              
               
                 
                   
                     
                       aretteth
                       ,
                    
                     
                       impute
                       ,
                       layeth
                       blame
                       .
                    
                  
                   
                     
                       aret
                       ,
                    
                  
                
              
               
                 
                   areest
                   ,
                   f.
                
                 quietness
                 .
              
               
                 
                   arrest
                   ,
                   f.
                
                 standers
                 ,
                 remainers
                 .
              
               
                 
                   aretted
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 accounted
                 .
              
               
                 
                   arere
                   ,
                   f.
                
                 behind
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Argonauticon
                   ,
                   g.
                
                 A
                 book
                 written
                 by
                 
                   Apollonius
                   Rhodius
                   Alexandrinus
                
                 ,
                 wherein
                 he
                 speaketh
                 of
                 Iason
                 ,
                 and
                 of
                 them
                 which
                 went
                 with
                 him
                 to
                 Colchos
                 to
                 fetch
                 the
                 golden
                 Fleece
                 .
              
               
                 
                   argoile
                   ,
                   f.
                
                 clay
                 .
              
               
                 
                   arret
                   ,
                   i.
                
                 to
                 charge
                 .
              
               
                 ar●et
                 ,
                 the
                 sign
                 Aries
                 .
              
               
                 ar●te
                 ,
                 arest
                 ,
                 stay
                 .
              
               
                 
                   arist
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 arose
                 .
              
               
                 arke
                 diurne
                 ,
                 l.
                 day
                 .
              
               
                 
                   arke
                   ,
                   f.
                
                 compasse
                 ,
                 bow
                 .
              
               
                 
                   armipotent
                   ,
                   l.
                
                 mighty
                 in
                 arms
                 .
              
               
                 
                   armonie
                   ,
                   g.
                
                 musick
                 .
              
               
                 
                   arsnecke
                   ,
                   i.
                
                 Zanderacha
                 ,
                 Orpin
                 made
                 of
                 red
                 Ceruse
                 burned
                 .
              
               
                 
                   arten
                   ,
                   l.
                
                 restrain
                 .
              
               
                 
                   arted
                   ,
                   l.
                
                 forced
                 .
              
               
                 
                   arted
                   ,
                   l.
                
                 constrained
                 .
              
               
                 ascaunces
                 ,
                 as
                 who
                 should
                 say
                 ,
                 as
                 though
                 .
              
               
                 asterte
                 ,
                 let
                 pass
                 .
              
               
                 
                   assise
                   ,
                   f.
                
                 order
                 .
              
               
                 
                   askes
                   ,
                   d.
                
                 ashes
                 .
              
               
                 
                   astert
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 scaped
                 ,
                 passed
                 .
              
               
                 
                   aspect
                   ,
                   l.
                
                 face
                 ,
                 or
                 look
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Asterlagour
                   ,
                   g.
                
                 an
                 Allrolabe
                 .
              
               
                 *
                 Astronomie
                 ,
                 He
                 that
                 will
                 be
                 a
                 Physician
                 according
                 to
                 Homers
                 Prescription
                 ,
                 
                   〈◊〉
                   〈◊〉
                   〈◊〉
                   〈◊〉
                   〈◊〉
                
                 ,
                 that
                 is
                 ,
                 equivalent
                 to
                 any
                 ,
                 ought
                 to
                 be
                 skilful
                 in
                 Astronomy
                 ,
                 and
                 Magick
                 natural
                 .
                 For
                 if
                 by
                 Astronomy
                 he
                 be
                 not
                 able
                 to
                 judge
                 in
                 what
                 state
                 the
                 Heavens
                 stood
                 ,
                 and
                 what
                 their
                 Aspects
                 were
                 ,
                 when
                 his
                 patient
                 sickened
                 :
                 and
                 by
                 Magick
                 natural
                 to
                 calculate
                 his
                 Nativity
                 ,
                 thereby
                 to
                 know
                 which
                 of
                 the
                 heavenly
                 bodies
                 ruled
                 most
                 in
                 his
                 birth
                 ,
                 he
                 shall
                 hardly
                 ,
                 or
                 but
                 by
                 chance
                 ,
                 conjecture
                 to
                 what
                 end
                 his
                 Sickness
                 will
                 sort
                 .
              
               
                 
                   aswith
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 forthwith
                 .
              
               
                 
                   asure
                   ,
                   f.
                
                 blew
                 .
              
               
                 
                   asckance
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 as
                 if
                 ,
                 aside
                 .
              
               
                 
                   ashate
                   ,
                   f.
                
                 buying
                 .
              
               
                 assised
                 ,
                 sure
                 ,
              
               
                 asseth
                 ,
                 assent
                 .
              
               
                 
                   asweued
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 amased
                 .
              
               
                 
                   asterten
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 escape
                 .
              
               
                 
                   assoile
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 answer
                 ,
                 declare
                 .
              
               
                 as
                 ,
                 how
                 .
              
               
                 
                   as
                   wis
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 as
                 verily
                 .
              
               
                 
                   attaint
                   ,
                   f.
                
                 tried
                 .
              
               
                 
                   atamed
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 set
                 on
                 brooch
                 .
              
               
                 
                   atterly
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 earnestly
                 .
              
               
                 
                   attoure
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 towards
                 ,
                 also
                 attire
                 .
              
               
                 
                   attoure
                   ,
                   f.
                
                 attire
                 for
                 women
                 .
              
               
                 
                   at
                   erst
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 in
                 earnest
                 .
              
               
                 *
                 Athalanta
                 ,
                 was
                 daughter
                 to
                 Gaeneus
                 ,
                 who
                 contending
                 in
                 running
                 with
                 them
                 which
                 did
                 woe
                 her
                 ,
                 was
                 at
                 the
                 last
                 overcome
                 by
                 Hippomenes
                 ,
                 who
                 cast
                 three
                 golden
                 Apples
                 in
                 her
                 way
                 ,
                 which
                 stayed
                 her
                 in
                 taking
                 of
                 them
                 up
                 ,
                 and
                 so
                 she
                 was
                 overcome
                 .
              
               
                 
                   athroted
                   ,
                   d.
                
                 choked
                 .
              
               
                 
                   atwin
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 asunder
                 .
              
               
                 
                   attempre
                   ,
                   f.
                
                 moderate
                 .
              
               
                 
                   attenes
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 at
                 ones
                 .
              
               
                 
                   attwite
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 to
                 make
                 blame
                 worthy
                 ,
                 to
                 upbraid
                 .
              
               
                 *
                 Athalus
                 ,
                 That
                 
                   Athalus
                   Asiaticus
                
                 was
                 the
                 first
                 Inventor
                 of
                 the
                 Chess
                 ,
                 
                   Iohannes
                   Sarisburiensis
                
                 in
                 his
                 
                   Policraticon
                   ,
                   lib.
                
                 1.
                 chap.
                 5.
                 doth
                 witness
                 ,
                 from
                 whence
                 (
                 no
                 doubt
                 )
                 Chaucer
                 had
                 it
                 ,
                 as
                 he
                 had
                 many
                 things
                 else
                 ,
                 being
                 a
                 work
                 full
                 of
                 variety
                 and
                 skill
                 ,
                 and
                 therefore
                 justly
                 commended
                 by
                 
                   I.
                   Lipsius
                
                 .
                 There
                 it
                 may
                 appear
                 ,
                 that
                 Athalus
                 invented
                 the
                 game
                 called
                 Abacus
                 ,
                 the
                 which
                 word
                 ,
                 as
                 it
                 hath
                 divers
                 significations
                 ,
                 so
                 it
                 is
                 taken
                 for
                 
                   Latrunculorum
                   Iusus
                
                 ,
                 that
                 is
                 ,
                 the
                 Chess
                 play
                 ,
                 as
                 out
                 of
                 Macrobius
                 and
                 others
                 may
                 be
                 proved
                 .
              
               
                 
                   aureat
                   ,
                   l.
                
                 golden
                 .
              
               
                 
                   aumener
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 cubbard
                 .
              
               
                 
                   aurore
                   ,
                   l.
                
                 morning
                 .
              
               
                 
                   augrim
                   stones
                   ,
                   a.
                
                 pibbles
                 to
                 cast
                 account
                 withal
                 .
              
               
                 
                   auntreth
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 maketh
                 adventure
                 .
              
               
                 
                   austrine
                   ,
                   l.
                
                 froward
                 .
              
               
                 
                   autentike
                   ,
                   f.
                
                 of
                 authority
                 .
              
               
                 aumer
                 ,
                 Amber
                 .
              
               
                 
                   autremite
                   ,
                   f.
                
                 another
                 attire
                 .
              
               
                 
                   auale
                   ,
                   f.
                
                 go
                 down
                 .
              
               
                 auailed
                 ,
                 assaulted
                 .
              
               
                 
                   auaile
                   ,
                   f.
                
                 send
                 down
                 .
              
               
                 
                   auaunt
                   ,
                   f.
                
                 a
                 brag
                 ,
                 forward
                 ,
                 apace
                 ,
                 set
                 forward
                 .
              
               
                 
                   auaunt
                   ,
                   f.
                
                 forward
                 ,
                 apace
                 .
              
               
                 
                   auenant
                   ,
                   f.
                
                 agreeable
                 ,
                 comely
                 .
              
               
                 
                   auer
                   ,
                   i.
                
                 bribery
                 ,
                 richess
                 .
              
               
                 awayte
                 ,
                 watch
                 ,
                 circumspection
                 .
              
               
                 
                   awayte
                   ,
                   d.
                
                 watch
                 by
                 way
                 .
              
               
                 
                   awayts
                   ,
                   
                     (
                     insidiae
                     )
                     b.
                  
                
                 ambushments
                 .
              
               
                 
                   awayte
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 tarrying
                 ,
                 watching
                 ,
                 pending
                 ,
                 secrecy
                 .
              
               
                 
                   awarde
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 judgement
                 .
              
               
                 
                   awhaped
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 amased
                 ,
                 daunted
                 .
              
               
                 awhere
                 ,
                 desire
                 .
              
               
                 
                   awrecketh
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 revengeth
                 .
              
               
                 
                   axes
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 the
                 ague
                 .
              
               
                 ay
                 ,
                 egg
                 .
              
               
                 
                   ayle
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 ever
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Azimutes
                   ,
                   a.
                
                 great
                 circles
                 meeting
                 in
                 the
                 Zenith
                 ,
                 and
                 passing
                 all
                 the
                 degrees
                 of
                 the
                 Horison
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 B.
                 
              
               
                 
                   Bandon
                   ,
                   d.
                
                 company
                 ,
                 sect
                 ,
                 custody
                 .
              
               
                 bargenet
                 ,
                 
                   
                     A
                     song
                     or
                     sonnet
                     .
                  
                   
                     A
                     kind
                     of
                     dance
                     .
                  
                
              
               
                 bargaret
                 ,
              
               
                 
                   barme
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 lappe
                 .
              
               
                 bawsin
                 ,
                 big
                 ,
                 some
                 say
                 it
                 is
                 a
                 Badger
                 or
                 Gray
                 .
              
               
                 
                   baggingly
                   ,
                   
                     (
                     tumide
                  
                
                 )
                 disdainfully
                 .
              
               
                 
                   baronage
                   ,
                   f.
                
                 lords
                 .
              
               
                 
                   base
                   .
                   g.
                
                 the
                 foundation
                 or
                 ground
                 of
                 any
                 thing
                 .
              
               
                 
                   balais
                   of
                   entayle
                   ,
                   f.
                
                 precious
                 stones
                 engraved
                 .
              
               
                 
                   baudrie
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 bravery
                 .
              
               
                 
                   barmecloth
                   ,
                   
                     (
                     limas
                     )
                     b.
                  
                
                 an
                 Apron
                 or
                 safegard
                 .
              
               
                 
                   bath
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 both
                 .
              
               
                 
                   bale
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 sorrow
                 .
              
               
                 
                   barbicans
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 watch
                 Tours
                 ,
                 in
                 the
                 Saxon
                 Tongue
                 ,
                 borough
                 kennings
                 .
              
               
                 
                   baudricke
                   ,
                   f.
                
                 furniture
                 ,
                 a
                 sword
                 girdle
                 .
              
               
                 
                   barkefat
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 Tanners
                 tub
                 .
              
               
                 
                   baselards
                   ,
                   
                     (
                     si●ae
                  
                
                 )
                 swords
                 ,
                 daggers
                 .
              
               
                 
                   balke
                   ,
                   d.
                
                 scape
                 ,
                 fault
                 .
              
               
                 
                   baude
                   ,
                   d.
                
                 brave
                 ,
                 bold
                 ,
                 lusty
                 .
              
               
                 
                   barbe
                   ,
                   f.
                
                 a
                 maske
                 or
                 visard
                 .
              
               
                 
                 battelled
                 ,
                 made
                 with
                 battlements
                 .
              
               
                 
                   bay
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 stake
                 .
              
               
                 
                   balefull
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 sorrowful
                 .
              
               
                 
                   babeuries
                   ,
                   f.
                
                 Antiquets
                 .
              
               
                 
                   bane
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 destruction
                 .
              
               
                 
                   bandon
                   ,
                   i.
                
                 company
                 ,
                 sect
                 .
              
               
                 
                   baggingli
                   ,
                   
                     (
                     tumidae
                     )
                     b.
                  
                
                 swellingly
                 ,
                 disdainfully
                 .
              
               
                 
                   bailli
                   ,
                   f.
                
                 government
                 .
              
               
                 baggeth
                 ,
                 disdaineth
                 .
              
               
                 
                   bayne
                   ,
                   f.
                
                 a
                 bath
                 .
              
               
                 
                   beausir
                   ,
                   f.
                
                 fair
                 sir.
                 
              
               
                 
                   belchier
                   ,
                   f.
                
                 good
                 countenance
                 .
              
               
                 beed
                 ,
                 continued
                 .
              
               
                 
                   bearing
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 behaviour
                 .
              
               
                 bemes
                 ,
                 Trumpets
                 .
              
               
                 
                   bete
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 make
                 ,
                 also
                 abate
                 ,
                 placed
                 ,
                 also
                 to
                 help
                 .
              
               
                 
                   beten
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 made
                 .
              
               
                 
                   bedeth
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 offereth
                 .
              
               
                 
                   behote
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 promise
                 .
              
               
                 
                   beshet
                   ,
                   d.
                
                 shut
                 up
                 .
              
               
                 
                   benimmeth
                   ,
                   d.
                
                 bereaveth
                 .
              
               
                 beknew
                 ,
                 learned
                 out
                 .
              
               
                 
                   behight
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 promised
                 .
              
               
                 
                   belchose
                   ,
                   f.
                
                 fair
                 choice
                 .
              
               
                 
                   berne
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 bear
                 ,
                 convey
                 .
              
               
                 
                   bede
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 put
                 ,
                 offer
                 .
              
               
                 
                   bes●egeden
                   ,
                   d.
                
                 besieged
                 .
              
               
                 
                   bete
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 help
                 .
              
               
                 behoteth
                 ,
                 promiseth
                 .
              
               
                 bede
                 ,
                 dwelled
                 ,
                 continued
                 .
              
               
                 
                   bewared
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 spent
                 .
              
               
                 
                   bewrien
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 to
                 bewray
                 .
              
               
                 
                   belle
                   ,
                   f.
                
                 good
                 .
              
               
                 
                   beest
                   ,
                   f.
                
                 a
                 beast
                 .
              
               
                 
                   bell
                   Isaude
                   ,
                   f.
                
                 well
                 spoken
                 .
              
               
                 
                   behete
                   ,
                   behight
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 promised
                 .
              
               
                 
                   benison
                   ,
                   
                     f.
                     b.
                  
                
                 blessing
                 .
              
               
                 
                   bendes
                   ,
                   f.
                
                 bands
                 .
              
               
                 
                   bey
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 obey
                 .
              
               
                 
                   bent
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 a
                 steep
                 place
                 .
              
               
                 betressed
                 ,
                 deceived
                 .
              
               
                 
                   bewrowned
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 spoken
                 in
                 the
                 ear
                 .
              
               
                 
                   besien
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 trouble
                 .
              
               
                 
                   bewri
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 declare
                 .
              
               
                 
                   bend
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 a
                 muffler
                 or
                 cale
                 .
              
               
                 
                   beten
                   ,
                   f.
                
                 to
                 make
                 a
                 band
                 ,
                 to
                 kindle
                 .
              
               
                 
                   beliue
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 anon
                 .
              
               
                 
                   besey
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 become
                 .
              
               
                 
                   bereth
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 behaveth
                 .
              
               
                 
                   belamie
                   ,
                   f.
                
                 fair
                 or
                 good
                 friend
                 .
              
               
                 
                   bey
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 buy
                 .
              
               
                 
                   behete
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 promise
                 .
              
               
                 Belmari
                 ,
                 Taken
                 to
                 be
                 that
                 Country
                 in
                 Barbary
                 ,
                 called
                 by
                 
                   Vassens
                   ,
                   Benamarin
                
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Besant
                   ,
                   g.
                
                 A
                 Greekish
                 Coin
                 called
                 Bizantium
                 ,
                 as
                 
                   William
                   Malmesbury
                
                 saith
                 ,
                 because
                 it
                 was
                 the
                 Coin
                 of
                 Constantinople
                 ,
                 sometime
                 called
                 Bizantium
                 .
              
               
                 
                   berne
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 to
                 carry
                 .
              
               
                 beset
                 ,
                 set
                 packing
                 .
              
               
                 
                   bewrecke
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 revenged
                 .
              
               
                 
                   behew
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 guilded
                 .
              
               
                 
                   becke
                   ,
                   
                     f.
                     b.
                  
                
                 bill
                 ,
                 beak
                 .
              
               
                 
                   belt
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 girdle
                 .
              
               
                 
                   betren
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 sprinckled
                 ;
                 also
                 winding
                 about
                 .
              
               
                 
                   betrassed
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 deceived
                 ,
                 betrayed
                 .
              
               
                 bete
                 ,
                 abate
                 .
              
               
                 
                   bette
                   ,
                   d.
                
                 better
                 ,
                 quickly
                 .
              
               
                 
                   benes
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 bones
                 .
              
               
                 
                   bemeint
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 lamented
                 ,
                 bemoned
                 .
              
               
                 
                   beyet
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 begotten
                 .
              
               
                 
                   bismar
                   ,
                   
                     f.
                     (
                     bizarre
                  
                
                 )
                 fantastical
                 strangeness
                 .
              
               
                 
                   birell
                   ,
                   i.
                
                 fine
                 glass
                 ,
                 also
                 a
                 kind
                 of
                 precious
                 stone
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Bialacoile
                   ,
                   f.
                
                 fair
                 welcoming
                 .
              
               
                 
                   bid
                   ,
                   d.
                
                 pray
                 .
              
               
                 
                   bit
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 bad
                 ,
                 commanded
                 .
              
               
                 
                   bineme
                   ,
                   d.
                
                 bereave
                 .
              
               
                 
                   bint
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 bound
                 .
              
               
                 
                   bigin
                   ,
                   bigot
                   ,
                   f.
                
                 superstitious
                 hypocrite
                 ,
                 or
                 hypocritical
                 woman
                 .
              
               
                 
                   bittor
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 a
                 certain
                 water-foul
                 .
              
               
                 bidding
                 ,
                 abiding
                 .
              
               
                 
                   biker
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 a
                 fray
                 .
              
               
                 
                   bigami
                   ,
                   g.
                
                 twise
                 married
                 .
              
               
                 
                   blankemanger
                   ,
                   f.
                
                 custard
                 .
              
               
                 
                   blew
                   Euage
                   ,
                   (
                   cyanaeus
                
                 )
                 of
                 blew
                 colour
                 .
              
               
                 
                   blith
                   ,
                   d.
                
                 merry
                 .
              
               
                 
                   bliue
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 quickly
                 ,
                 gladly
                 .
              
               
                 
                   blin
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 cease
                 .
              
               
                 
                   blasons
                   ,
                   f.
                
                 praises
                 .
              
               
                 
                   blanch
                   ,
                   f.
                
                 white
                 .
              
               
                 
                   blandish
                   ,
                   i.
                
                 sooth
                 up
                 .
              
               
                 
                   blande
                   ,
                   l.
                
                 flattering
                 .
              
               
                 
                   blankers
                   ,
                   f.
                
                 white
                 .
              
               
                 blacke
                 buried
                 ,
                 Hell.
                 
              
               
                 
                   bleine
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 a
                 bile
                 .
              
               
                 
                   blent
                   ,
                   d.
                
                 stayed
                 ,
                 turned
                 back
                 ,
                 also
                 blind
                 .
              
               
                 
                   blee
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 sight
                 ,
                 hew
                 ,
                 favour
                 ,
                 look
                 .
              
               
                 
                   blend
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 blind
                 ,
                 to
                 make
                 blind
                 .
              
               
                 bleue
                 ,
                 ●leuen
                 ,
                 
                   tarry
                   ,
                   abide
                
                 .
              
               
                 
                   blinke
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 looking
                 aside
                 .
              
               
                 
                   blo
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 blew
                 .
              
               
                 
                   blondren
                   ,
                   d.
                
                 toil
                 ,
                 bluster
                 .
              
               
                 
                   bode
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 message
                 or
                 news
                 .
              
               
                 
                   bode
                   ,
                   d.
                
                 tidings
                 ;
                 also
                 ,
                 could
                 ,
                 was
                 able
                 .
              
               
                 
                   bodeth
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 sheweth
                 .
              
               
                 
                   boistous
                   ,
                   f.
                
                 halting
                 ;
                 also
                 plain
                 ,
                 rude
                 ,
                 great
                 .
              
               
                 
                   bountie
                   ,
                   f.
                
                 goodness
                 .
              
               
                 
                   bosche
                   ,
                   l.
                
                 a
                 bush
                 .
              
               
                 
                   boure
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 house
                 .
              
               
                 
                   bo●ne
                   ,
                   
                     f.
                     b.
                  
                
                 good
                 .
              
               
                 borne
                 ,
                 to
                 burnish
                 .
              
               
                 
                   bolne
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 to
                 swell
                 .
              
               
                 
                   bottome
                   ,
                   f.
                
                 bud
                 .
              
               
                 
                   boun
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 ready
                 .
              
               
                 
                   boote
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 help
                 .
              
               
                 
                   bourd
                   ,
                   d.
                
                 a
                 trencher
                 ,
                 b.
                 a
                 table
                 .
              
               
                 
                   bordels
                   ,
                   f.
                
                 brothelhouses
                 .
              
               
                 
                   boote
                   of
                   bale
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 ease
                 of
                 sorrow
                 .
              
               
                 
                   bord
                   ,
                   bourd
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 jest
                 .
              
               
                 
                   borace
                   ,
                   i.
                
                 soldar
                 .
              
               
                 
                   bowne
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 ready
                 .
              
               
                 
                   bolne
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 swelled
                 .
              
               
                 bole
                 ,
                 a
                 Bull.
                 
              
               
                 borrow
                 ,
                 a
                 pledg
                 ,
                 a
                 surety
                 .
              
               
                 
                   borrell
                   ,
                   d.
                
                 plain
                 ,
                 rude
                 .
              
               
                 
                   bout
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 without
                 .
              
               
                 
                   bote
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 did
                 bite
                 .
              
               
                 
                   borrell
                   ,
                   f.
                
                 attire
                 on
                 the
                 head
                 .
              
               
                 
                   bowke
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 the
                 body
                 ,
                 or
                 belly
                 ,
                 or
                 the
                 Stomack
                 .
              
               
                 
                   bone
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 request
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Bourd
                   begon
                
                 ,
                 Prologues
                 .
                 This
                 Knight
                 being
                 often
                 among
                 the
                 Knights
                 of
                 the
                 Dutch
                 Order
                 ,
                 called
                 
                   Ordo
                   Teutonicus
                
                 ,
                 in
                 Prussia
                 ,
                 was
                 for
                 his
                 Worthiness
                 placed
                 by
                 them
                 at
                 the
                 Table
                 ,
                 before
                 any
                 of
                 what
                 Nation
                 soever
                 .
                 If
                 any
                 desire
                 to
                 know
                 the
                 Profession
                 of
                 these
                 Knights
                 called
                 Teutonici
                 ,
                 it
                 was
                 thus
                 :
                 They
                 having
                 their
                 dwelling
                 at
                 Ierusalem
                 ,
                 were
                 bound
                 to
                 entertain
                 Pilgrims
                 ,
                 and
                 at
                 Occasions
                 to
                 serve
                 in
                 War
                 against
                 the
                 Saracens
                 .
                 They
                 were
                 apparelled
                 in
                 white
                 ,
                 and
                 upon
                 their
                 uppermost
                 Garment
                 did
                 wear
                 a
                 black
                 Cross.
                 And
                 for
                 that
                 this
                 Order
                 was
                 first
                 begun
                 by
                 a
                 certain
                 rich
                 Almaigne
                 ,
                 none
                 were
                 received
                 into
                 the
                 same
                 ,
                 save
                 only
                 Gentlemen
                 of
                 the
                 Dutch
                 Nation
                 .
                 After
                 Ierusalem
                 was
                 last
                 taken
                 by
                 the
                 
                   Saracens
                   ,
                   Anno
                
                 1184.
                 these
                 Knights
                 retired
                 to
                 Tolemaida
                 ;
                 and
                 that
                 being
                 taken
                 ,
                 into
                 Germany
                 ,
                 their
                 own
                 Country
                 .
                 And
                 when
                 as
                 there
                 also
                 the
                 People
                 of
                 Prussia
                 used
                 Incursions
                 upon
                 their
                 Confines
                 ,
                 they
                 went
                 unto
                 Frederick
                 the
                 Second
                 ,
                 then
                 Emperour
                 ,
                 
                   Anno
                   1220.
                
                 who
                 granted
                 them
                 leave
                 to
                 make
                 Wars
                 upon
                 them
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 turn
                 the
                 spoil
                 to
                 the
                 maintenance
                 of
                 their
                 Order
                 .
                 After
                 this
                 Conquest
                 of
                 Prussia
                 ,
                 these
                 Knights
                 grew
                 rich
                 ,
                 and
                 builded
                 there
                 many
                 Temples
                 and
                 Places
                 of
                 Residence
                 for
                 Bishops
                 ,
                 who
                 also
                 were
                 enjoyned
                 to
                 wear
                 the
                 Habite
                 of
                 the
                 Order
                 .
                 Chaucer
                 will
                 have
                 his
                 Knight
                 of
                 such
                 Fame
                 ,
                 that
                 he
                 was
                 both
                 known
                 and
                 honoured
                 of
                 this
                 Order
                 .
              
               
                 
                 
                   braudri
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 graven
                 work
                 .
              
               
                 
                   braying
                   ,
                   
                     f.
                     b.
                  
                
                 sounding
                 .
              
               
                 
                   brawnes
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 sinews
                 ,
                 muskles
                 .
              
               
                 brake
                 ,
                 steel
                 .
              
               
                 
                   braket
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 a
                 drink
                 made
                 of
                 water
                 and
                 honey
                 .
              
               
                 
                   braui
                   ,
                   l.
                
                 reward
                 .
              
               
                 
                   brat
                   b.
                
                 a
                 rag
                 .
              
               
                 
                   braide
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 arose
                 ,
                 awaked
                 ,
                 took
                 ,
                 brake
                 out
                 .
              
               
                 
                   brast
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 break
                 .
              
               
                 
                   brayde
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 a
                 bur●t
                 ,
                 strange
                 fare
                 .
              
               
                 
                   brede
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 breadth
                 .
              
               
                 brede
                 ,
                 a
                 bride
                 .
              
               
                 
                   bredgen
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 abridge
                 .
              
               
                 
                   bren
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 branne
                 .
              
               
                 brede
                 ,
                 abroad
                 .
              
               
                 
                   brecke
                   ,
                   
                     (
                     ruptura
                     )
                     d.
                  
                
                 a
                 bruse
                 ,
                 a
                 breach
                 .
              
               
                 
                   breme
                   ,
                   
                     b.
                     (
                     ferociter
                  
                
                 )
                 fiercely
                 .
              
               
                 
                   bretfull
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 top
                 full
                 .
              
               
                 brige
                 ,
                 breach
                 .
              
               
                 
                   brike
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 astrait
                 ,
                 or
                 narrow
                 .
              
               
                 
                   bronde
                   ,
                   d.
                
                 fury
                 ,
                 fire
                 .
              
               
                 
                   broke
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 enjoy
                 ,
                 to
                 like
                 .
              
               
                 
                   broken
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 brook
                 .
              
               
                 
                   brocking
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 throbbing
                 .
              
               
                 
                   brotell
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 brickle
                 .
              
               
                 
                   brocage
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 means
                 ,
                 spokesmen
                 .
              
               
                 
                   browded
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 embroidred
                 .
              
               
                 
                   browke
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 to
                 enjoy
                 .
              
               
                 
                   burnets
                   ,
                   f.
                
                 hoods
                 ,
                 attire
                 for
                 the
                 head
                 .
              
               
                 
                   bugle
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 black
                 horn
                 .
              
               
                 
                   bumbeth
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 soundeth
                 .
              
               
                 but
                 ,
                 except
                 .
              
               
                 burled
                 ,
                 armed
                 .
              
               
                 
                   burdon
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 a
                 deep
                 base
                 .
              
               
                 
                   burned
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 brightly
                 filed
                 ,
                 burnished
                 .
              
               
                 
                   burell
                   ,
                   f.
                
                 fine
                 glass
                 ,
                 a
                 precious
                 stone
                 .
              
               
                 
                   burdon
                   ,
                   f.
                
                 a
                 staff
                 .
              
               
                 
                   burly
                   brand
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 a
                 great
                 sword
                 .
              
               
                 burned
                 ,
                 burnished
                 .
              
               
                 
                   burnet
                   ,
                   f.
                
                 wollen
                 .
              
               
                 
                   buxioning
                   ,
                   f.
                
                 budding
                 .
              
               
                 
                   buxum
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 dutiful
                 .
              
               
                 
                   buxumnesse
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 lowliness
                 .
              
               
                 
                   byddeth
                   ,
                   d.
                
                 prayeth
                 .
              
               
                 
                   byg
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 build
                 .
              
               
                 
                   by
                   rew
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 in
                 order
                 .
              
               
                 
                   bywoxen
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 made
                 senceless
                 ,
                 overwept
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 C.
                 
              
               
                 *
                 
                   Caere
                   Inda
                
                 ,
                 Some
                 think
                 it
                 should
                 be
                 
                   Caere
                   Lud
                
                 ,
                 that
                 is
                 ,
                 the
                 City
                 of
                 Lud
                 ,
                 called
                 London
                 .
              
               
                 caleweyes
                 ,
                 Calure
                 ,
                 as
                 Salmon
                 ,
                 or
                 other
                 red
                 Fish.
                 
              
               
                 
                   canceline
                   ,
                   f.
                
                 chamlet
                 .
              
               
                 
                   camysed
                   ,
                   f.
                
                 flat
                 nosed
                 .
              
               
                 
                   cankedore
                   ,
                   i.
                
                 woful
                 case
                 .
              
               
                 
                   call
                   ,
                   
                     d.
                     (
                     pulcbrum
                  
                
                 )
                 bravery
                 .
              
               
                 
                   callot
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 a
                 leud
                 woman
                 .
              
               
                 
                   canell
                   ,
                   d.
                
                 a
                 Sinnamon
                 tree
                 .
              
               
                 
                   carects
                   ,
                   g.
                
                 marks
                 ,
                 prints
                 .
              
               
                 
                   cardiacle
                   ,
                   g.
                
                 wringing
                 at
                 the
                 heart
                 .
              
               
                 
                   canon
                   ,
                   g.
                
                 a
                 rule
                 .
              
               
                 
                   caitisned
                   ,
                   l.
                
                 chained
                 .
              
               
                 
                   cadence
                   ,
                   l.
                
                 proof
                 .
              
               
                 
                   cassidoni
                   ,
                   g.
                
                 a
                 stone
                 growing
                 in
                 AEthiopia
                 ,
                 which
                 shineth
                 like
                 Fire
                 .
                 
                   Ex
                   Lib.
                   de
                   Naturae
                   Rerum
                
                 .
              
               
                 
                   capell
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 an
                 horse
                 .
              
               
                 
                   caroll
                   ,
                   f.
                
                 a
                 song
                 or
                 dance
                 .
              
               
                 
                   calsening
                   ,
                   f.
                
                 bringing
                 any
                 mettal
                 into
                 powder
                 .
              
               
                 
                   catapuce
                   ,
                   g.
                
                 spurge
                 .
              
               
                 
                   cameline
                   ,
                   f.
                
                 chamlet
                 .
              
               
                 
                   calked
                   ,
                   l.
                
                 cast
                 .
              
               
                 *
                 
                   Ceruse
                   ,
                   
                     White
                     Lead
                     ,
                     the
                     Composition
                     whereof
                     is
                     thus
                  
                
                 :
                 Fossa
                 fiat
                 in
                 Terra
                 :
                 claudatur
                 circumquaque
                 muro
                 paruo
                 ●
                 demum
                 accipiantur
                 laminae
                 plumbeae
                 oblongae
                 formae
                 quadrangulae
                 ,
                 &
                 projiciantur
                 ex
                 circumfuso
                 super
                 foveam
                 :
                 postmodum
                 projiciatur
                 in
                 fovea
                 acetum
                 forte
                 ,
                 bullietque
                 projectum
                 super
                 superficiem
                 terrae
                 ,
                 &
                 vapor
                 inde
                 resolutus
                 inficiet
                 plumbum
                 :
                 post
                 spacium
                 vero
                 vinus
                 diei
                 vel
                 amplius
                 rade
                 ab
                 illis
                 laminis
                 ,
                 quod
                 illis
                 adhaeret
                 ,
                 &
                 illud
                 desiccae
                 ad
                 Solem
                 ,
                 &
                 erit
                 Cerusa
                 .
              
               
                 
                   certres
                   ,
                   i.
                
                 undoubtful
                 signs
                 .
              
               
                 
                   centure
                   ,
                   g.
                
                 the
                 point
                 in
                 the
                 midst
                 of
                 a
                 circle
                 .
              
               
                 
                   censing
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 casting
                 the
                 smoak
                 ,
                 Frankincense
                 .
              
               
                 
                   celerer
                   ,
                   d.
                
                 butler
                 .
              
               
                 
                   cell
                   ,
                   d.
                
                 a
                 study
                 .
              
               
                 
                   chasteleine
                   ,
                   f.
                
                 a
                 gentlewoman
                 of
                 a
                 great
                 house
                 .
              
               
                 
                   chaunters
                   ,
                   f.
                
                 singers
                 .
              
               
                 
                   chaffer
                   ,
                   d.
                
                 goods
                 ,
                 wares
                 .
              
               
                 
                   chauntepleure
                   ,
                   f.
                
                 that
                 weepeth
                 and
                 singeth
                 together
                 .
              
               
                 
                   chapelet
                   ,
                   f.
                
                 a
                 garland
                 .
              
               
                 
                   charters
                   ,
                   f.
                
                 writings
                 .
              
               
                 
                   chaffare
                   ,
                   d.
                
                 buying
                 and
                 selling
                 .
              
               
                 
                   chalons
                   ,
                   f.
                
                 blankets
                 ,
                 coverings
                 .
              
               
                 
                   champartie
                   ,
                   f.
                
                 maintaining
                 a
                 quarrel
                 .
              
               
                 
                   chapiter
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 chief
                 Rulers
                 in
                 Abbies
                 .
              
               
                 charge
                 ,
                 hurt
                 ,
                 harm
                 .
              
               
                 
                   chekelaton
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 a
                 stuff
                 of
                 Checker-work
                 ,
                 made
                 of
                 Cloth
                 of
                 Gold.
                 
              
               
                 
                   cheuisance
                   ,
                   f.
                
                 merchandise
                 ,
                 devise
                 ,
                 a
                 bargain
                 .
              
               
                 
                   chees
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 chuse
                 .
              
               
                 
                   chevice
                   ,
                   f.
                
                 redeem
                 ;
                 also
                 to
                 effect
                 .
              
               
                 
                   cheorte
                   ,
                   f.
                
                 love
                 ,
                 jealousie
                 ,
                 pity
                 .
              
               
                 
                   chest
                   ,
                   
                     (
                     subjectum
                  
                
                 )
                 receptable
                 .
              
               
                 
                   cheue
                   ,
                   d.
                
                 thrive
                 .
              
               
                 
                   chest
                   ,
                   (
                   opprobrium
                
                 )
                 slaunder
                 .
              
               
                 
                   cheuesayle
                   ,
                   f.
                
                 a
                 gorget
                 .
              
               
                 
                   chert
                   ,
                   f.
                
                 love
                 .
              
               
                 
                   cherisaunce
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 comfort
                 .
              
               
                 
                   cherts
                   ,
                   f.
                
                 merry
                 folks
                 .
              
               
                 
                   cheuesayle
                   ,
                   f.
                
                 a
                 gorget
                 .
              
               
                 chike
                 ,
                 a
                 chekin
                 .
              
               
                 
                   chincheri
                   ,
                   f.
                
                 nigardliness
                 .
              
               
                 
                   chiuer
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 to
                 shake
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Christopher
                   ,
                   l.
                
                 a
                 picture
                 of
                 a
                 Man
                 ,
                 carrying
                 a
                 Child
                 on
                 his
                 shoulders
                 over
                 a
                 River
                 .
              
               
                 
                   chinch
                   ,
                   f.
                
                 nigardly
                 .
              
               
                 
                   chirking
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 a
                 noise
                 ,
                 making
                 a
                 noise
                 .
              
               
                 
                   chirking
                   ,
                   (
                   stridens
                
                 )
                 crashing
                 .
              
               
                 
                   chite
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 chiteth
                 .
              
               
                 
                   chilandri
                   ,
                   f.
                
                 a
                 goldfinch
                 .
              
               
                 
                   chiuancie
                   ,
                   f.
                
                 chivalry
                 ,
                 riding
                 .
              
               
                 
                   churliche
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 plain
                 ,
                 homely
                 .
              
               
                 
                   churle
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 slave
                 .
              
               
                 
                   church
                   Reues
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 Church-wardens
                 .
              
               
                 
                   chymbe
                   ,
                   d.
                
                 the
                 uttermost
                 part
                 of
                 a
                 barrel
                 .
              
               
                 citrination
                 ,
                 perfect
                 digestion
                 ,
                 or
                 the
                 colour
                 proving
                 the
                 Philosophers
                 stone
                 .
              
               
                 
                   citrine
                   ,
                   f.
                
                 yellow
                 .
              
               
                 
                   citriall
                   ,
                   i.
                
                 a
                 gitterne
                 ,
                 or
                 dulcimer
                 called
                 Sambuca
                 .
              
               
                 
                   cierges
                   ,
                   f.
                
                 Wax
                 Candles
                 ,
                 Lamps
                 .
              
               
                 
                   clarions
                   ,
                   d.
                
                 trumpets
                 .
              
               
                 
                   cleape
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 call
                 .
              
               
                 
                   clare
                   ,
                   clari
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 wine
                 and
                 hony
                 mingled
                 
                   (
                   Vinum
                   rubedum
                   )
                   d.
                
                 red
                 wine
                 .
              
               
                 
                   clepen
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 call
                 .
              
               
                 
                   clergion
                   ,
                   g.
                
                 a
                 clark
                 .
              
               
                 
                   clenched
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 fastned
                 .
              
               
                 
                   cleuis
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 clifts
                 ,
                 rocks
                 .
              
               
                 
                   clergicall
                   ,
                   g.
                
                 learned
                 .
              
               
                 
                   climbe
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 found
                 .
              
               
                 
                   clip
                   ,
                   clippeth
                   ,
                   d.
                
                 embraceth
                 ,
                 kisseth
                 .
              
               
                 
                   climate
                   ,
                   g.
                
                 a
                 portion
                 of
                 the
                 Firmament
                 between
                 South
                 and
                 North
                 ,
                 varying
                 in
                 one
                 day
                 half
                 an
                 hours
                 space
                 .
              
               
                 
                   clicket
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 an
                 Instrument
                 of
                 Iron
                 to
                 lift
                 up
                 a
                 latch
                 .
              
               
                 
                   clotlefe
                   ,
                   
                     (
                     personata
                     )
                     b.
                  
                
                 the
                 great
                 Burleaf
                 .
              
               
                 
                   clomben
                   ,
                   d.
                
                 ascended
                 .
              
               
                 clum
                 ,
                 a
                 note
                 of
                 silence
                 .
              
               
                 
                   cockney
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 a
                 wisard
                 ,
                 disard
                 ,
                 fool
                 .
              
               
                 
                   controue
                   ,
                   f.
                
                 devise
                 .
              
               
                 
                 
                   controuer
                   ,
                   f.
                
                 deviser
                 .
              
               
                 *
                 Constellation
                 ,
                 the
                 motion
                 or
                 inward
                 working
                 of
                 the
                 stars
                 or
                 heavenly
                 elements
                 ,
                 upon
                 our
                 earthly
                 bodies
                 .
              
               
                 
                   couercle
                   ,
                   f.
                
                 a
                 cover
                 ,
                 a
                 lid
                 .
              
               
                 
                   contemplance
                   ,
                   l.
                
                 private
                 study
                 .
              
               
                 *
                 
                   Collect
                   ,
                   Expans
                   ,
                   years
                   ,
                   and
                   Roots
                   ,
                
                 are
                 terms
                 belonging
                 to
                 the
                 Tolitane
                 Tables
                 ,
                 and
                 so
                 be
                 his
                 Centres
                 ,
                 his
                 Arguments
                 ,
                 Proportionels
                 ,
                 
                   &c.
                   
                   
                     Face
                     and
                     Tearme
                  
                
                 be
                 dignities
                 belonging
                 to
                 the
                 Planets
                 .
              
               
                 
                   costei
                   ,
                   d.
                
                 to
                 walk
                 .
              
               
                 convaile
                 ,
                 recover
                 .
              
               
                 
                   compere
                   ,
                   
                     f.
                     d.
                  
                
                 gossip
                 .
              
               
                 
                   commensall
                   ,
                   f.
                
                 a
                 table
                 companion
                 .
              
               
                 
                   convention
                   ,
                   l.
                
                 a
                 bargain
                 .
              
               
                 
                   corare
                   ,
                   f.
                
                 overcome
                 .
              
               
                 
                   costrell
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 a
                 wine-pot
                 .
              
               
                 
                   controuer
                   ,
                   f.
                
                 deviser
                 .
              
               
                 
                   courtepie
                   ,
                   d.
                
                 a
                 short
                 gawberdine
                 ,
                 or
                 upper
                 Garment
                 .
              
               
                 
                   corrumpeth
                   ,
                   i.
                
                 stinketh
                 ,
                 putrifieth
                 .
              
               
                 
                   couth
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 known
                 perfectly
                 .
              
               
                 cogge
                 ,
                 a
                 cogbote
                 .
              
               
                 
                   columbine
                   ,
                   l.
                
                 dove-like
                 .
              
               
                 
                   cordewane
                   ,
                   f.
                
                 dry
                 leather
                 .
              
               
                 
                   conteke
                   ,
                   f.
                
                 strife
                 .
              
               
                 
                   costage
                   ,
                   d.
                
                 charge
                 ,
                 cost
                 .
              
               
                 
                   corigeth
                   ,
                   l.
                
                 correcteth
                 .
              
               
                 
                   corven
                   ,
                   d.
                
                 taken
                 ,
                 carved
                 .
              
               
                 
                   couched
                   ,
                   f.
                
                 interlaied
                 ,
                 underlaied
                 .
              
               
                 
                   couent
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 a
                 number
                 of
                 thirteen
                 Friars
                 .
              
               
                 
                   con
                   ,
                   d.
                
                 know
                 ,
                 be
                 able
                 .
              
               
                 
                   coitu
                   ,
                   l.
                
                 copulation
                 .
              
               
                 
                   confecture
                   ,
                   l.
                
                 a
                 medicine
                 .
              
               
                 
                   coy
                   ,
                   coyen
                   ,
                   f.
                
                 to
                 quiet
                 ,
                 to
                 flatter
                 ,
                 also
                 secret
                 ,
                 dainty
                 ,
                 nice
                 .
              
               
                 
                   cop
                   ,
                   
                     d.
                     f.
                  
                
                 top
                 .
              
               
                 
                   conisance
                   ,
                   f.
                
                 knowledge
                 .
              
               
                 
                   covine
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 deceit
                 .
              
               
                 
                   connen
                   ,
                   d.
                
                 can
                 .
              
               
                 
                   coagulate
                   ,
                   l.
                
                 curdled
                 ,
                 joyned
                 .
              
               
                 
                   colfox
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 a
                 black
                 or
                 fearful
                 Fox
                 .
              
               
                 
                   corare
                   ,
                   i.
                
                 overcome
                 .
              
               
                 
                   controue
                   ,
                   f.
                
                 to
                 faine
                 ,
                 to
                 devise
                 .
              
               
                 
                   combust
                   ,
                   l.
                
                 burnt
                 ,
                 scorched
                 .
              
               
                 
                   coines
                   ,
                   f.
                
                 quinches
                 .
              
               
                 
                   coynt
                   ,
                   f.
                
                 strange
                 .
              
               
                 
                   counterpleted
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 controuled
                 .
              
               
                 
                   corosiue
                   ,
                   l.
                
                 eating
                 ,
                 wasting
                 .
              
               
                 
                   commoning
                   ,
                   l.
                
                 part
                 taking
                 .
              
               
                 
                   coupe
                   gorge
                   ,
                   f.
                
                 cut
                 throat
                 .
              
               
                 
                   corbets
                   ,
                   
                     f.
                     d.
                  
                
                 places
                 in
                 wals
                 ,
                 where
                 Images
                 stand
                 .
              
               
                 
                   cornmuse
                   ,
                   l.
                
                 Musick
                 on
                 Cornets
                 .
              
               
                 
                   couenable
                   ,
                   f.
                
                 convenient
                 .
              
               
                 
                   coulpe
                   ,
                   l.
                
                 fault
                 .
              
               
                 
                   coure
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 kneel
                 ,
                 stoop
                 .
              
               
                 
                   commaunce
                   ,
                   f.
                
                 community
                 .
              
               
                 
                   coilons
                   ,
                   f.
                
                 stones
                 .
              
               
                 
                   coyse
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 joliness
                 ,
                 niceness
                 .
              
               
                 
                   coart
                   ,
                   l.
                
                 enforce
                 .
              
               
                 
                   courfine
                   ,
                   f.
                
                 fine
                 heart
                 .
              
               
                 
                   compinable
                   ,
                   f.
                
                 fit
                 for
                 company
                 .
              
               
                 
                   cope
                   ,
                   f.
                
                 a
                 cloak
                 .
              
               
                 crampisheth
                 ,
                 crampesh
                 ,
                 
                   d.
                   gnaweth
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   crallit
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 engraven
                 .
              
               
                 
                   creanseth
                   ,
                   f.
                
                 dealeth
                 on
                 credit
                 .
              
               
                 
                   creance
                   ,
                   f.
                
                 faith
                 or
                 trust
                 .
              
               
                 
                   crepusculis
                   ,
                   l.
                
                 crepuscles
                 ,
                 or
                 dawning
                 .
              
               
                 
                   cresse
                   ,
                   f.
                
                 a
                 rush
                 .
              
               
                 
                   crispe
                   ,
                   l.
                
                 curled
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Croiseri
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 they
                 for
                 whom
                 Christ
                 suffered
                 upon
                 the
                 Cross.
                 
              
               
                 
                   crocke
                   ,
                   crucke
                   ,
                   
                     f.
                     d.
                  
                
                 a
                 cup
                 ,
                 or
                 stean
                 ,
                 an
                 earthen
                 pot
                 .
              
               
                 
                   crouched
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 blessed
                 .
              
               
                 
                   crone
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 an
                 old
                 prating
                 Woman
                 .
              
               
                 
                   crop
                   ,
                   f.
                
                 top
                 .
              
               
                 
                   crouch
                   ,
                   i.
                
                 cross
                 ,
                 bless
                 .
              
               
                 
                   crowdest
                   ,
                   d.
                
                 thrustest
                 .
              
               
                 
                   crosselet
                   ,
                   f.
                
                 a
                 melting
                 pot
                 .
              
               
                 
                   crockes
                   ,
                   d.
                
                 locks
                 of
                 hair
                 .
              
               
                 
                   croupe
                   ,
                   f.
                
                 buttock
                 .
              
               
                 
                   crull
                   ,
                   d.
                
                 curled
                 .
              
               
                 
                   curreidew
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 curry
                 favour
                 .
              
               
                 
                   cure
                   bulli
                   ,
                   f.
                
                 tanned
                 leather
                 :
              
               
                 
                   eucurbite
                   ,
                   l.
                
                 a
                 kind
                 of
                 long
                 necked
                 Glass
                 .
              
               
                 *
                 
                   Curfew
                   ,
                   William
                
                 the
                 Conquerour
                 in
                 the
                 first
                 year
                 of
                 his
                 reign
                 ,
                 commanded
                 ,
                 That
                 in
                 every
                 Town
                 and
                 Village
                 a
                 Bell
                 should
                 be
                 rung
                 every
                 night
                 at
                 eight
                 of
                 the
                 Clock
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 all
                 People
                 should
                 then
                 put
                 forth
                 their
                 Fire
                 and
                 Candle
                 ,
                 and
                 go
                 to
                 Bed.
                 The
                 ringing
                 of
                 this
                 Bell
                 was
                 called
                 in
                 the
                 French
                 Tongue
                 Curfew
                 ,
                 that
                 is
                 ,
                 Cover
                 Fire
                 .
              
               
                 culpons
                 ,
                 parts
                 ,
                 or
                 streiks
                 ;
                 heaps
                 .
              
               
                 
                   culleth
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 pulleth
                 ,
                 enforceth
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 D.
                 
              
               
                 *
                 
                   Dan
                   Burnell
                   ,
                   
                     Nigellus
                     Wireker
                  
                
                 ,
                 Monk
                 of
                 Canterbury
                 ,
                 a
                 Man
                 of
                 great
                 Reading
                 and
                 Judgment
                 ,
                 as
                 Leland
                 writeth
                 of
                 him
                 ,
                 was
                 not
                 affraid
                 to
                 write
                 of
                 the
                 faults
                 of
                 Curates
                 ,
                 &
                 the
                 mis-spending
                 of
                 Church
                 Goods
                 ;
                 even
                 to
                 
                   William
                   Longshampe
                
                 ,
                 Bishop
                 of
                 Ely
                 ,
                 and
                 Lord
                 Chancellor
                 of
                 England
                 ,
                 a
                 Man
                 of
                 all
                 Men
                 under
                 the
                 Sun
                 most
                 malicious
                 .
                 He
                 did
                 write
                 in
                 Verse
                 to
                 the
                 foresaid
                 William
                 ,
                 a
                 Book
                 ,
                 under
                 the
                 Title
                 of
                 Brunellus
                 ,
                 called
                 
                   Speculum
                   stultorum
                
                 ;
                 And
                 this
                 is
                 it
                 which
                 Chaucer
                 calleth
                 here
                 ,
                 Burnell
                 the
                 Ass.
                 He
                 lived
                 ,
                 Anno
                 1200.
                 in
                 the
                 Days
                 of
                 King
                 Iohn
                 .
              
               
                 
                   dawes
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 days
                 ,
                 time
                 .
              
               
                 
                   daweth
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 springeth
                 ,
                 beginneth
                 .
              
               
                 
                   daren
                   ,
                   darreigne
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 attempt
                 ,
                 challenge
                 .
              
               
                 
                   daw
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 wax
                 day
                 .
              
               
                 
                   dare
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 stare
                 .
              
               
                 
                   daffe
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 dasterd
                 .
              
               
                 
                   dagges
                   ,
                   
                     (
                     fractura
                  
                
                 )
                 latchets
                 cut
                 of
                 leather
                 .
              
               
                 
                   dagon
                   ,
                   
                     (
                     fractura
                  
                
                 )
                 a
                 piece
                 or
                 remnant
                 .
              
               
                 
                   dagged
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 slitted
                 .
              
               
                 
                   dates
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 accounts
                 .
              
               
                 
                   dayned
                   ,
                   f.
                
                 vouchsafed
                 .
              
               
                 defayted
                 ,
                 decayed
                 ,
                 senceless
                 .
              
               
                 
                   dere
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 hurt
                 ,
                 grieve
                 .
              
               
                 
                   deluge
                   ,
                   l.
                
                 a
                 flood
                 .
              
               
                 
                   deviant
                   ,
                   l.
                
                 far
                 off
                 ,
                 wandering
                 .
              
               
                 
                   definished
                   ,
                   l.
                
                 proved
                 .
              
               
                 
                   desiderie
                   ,
                   l.
                
                 lust
                 .
              
               
                 
                   debonairely
                   ,
                   f.
                
                 meekly
                 .
              
               
                 
                   deis
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 a
                 seat
                 .
              
               
                 
                   debonaire
                   ,
                   f.
                
                 gentle
                 ,
                 humble
                 .
              
               
                 
                   deaurat
                   ,
                   l.
                
                 shining
                 .
              
               
                 
                   denwere
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 doubt
                 .
              
               
                 
                   destrer
                   ,
                   f.
                
                 horse
                 of
                 Arms.
                 
              
               
                 de
                 
                   pardeux
                   ,
                   f.
                
                 by
                 God.
                 
              
               
                 
                   debate
                   ,
                   f.
                
                 to
                 fight
                 .
              
               
                 
                   derne
                   ,
                   
                     (
                     dirus
                  
                
                 )
                 earnest
                 ,
                 careful
                 ,
                 secret
                 .
              
               
                 deintie
                 ,
                 desire
                 .
              
               
                 
                   decoped
                   ,
                   d.
                
                 peaked
                 .
              
               
                 
                   demeane
                   ,
                   f.
                
                 behave
                 .
              
               
                 
                   deficate
                   ,
                   l.
                
                 deified
                 .
              
               
                 deiden
                 ,
                 died
                 .
              
               
                 deme
                 ,
                 condemn
                 .
              
               
                 
                   depe
                   lowpe
                   ,
                   
                     (
                     transparens
                  
                
                 )
                 giving
                 thorough
                 light
                 .
              
               
                 
                   deslaui
                   ,
                   d.
                
                 lecherous
                 ,
                 servile
                 ,
                 beastly
                 .
              
               
                 dey
                 ,
                 dead
                 ;
                 also
                 
                   〈◊〉
                   〈◊〉
                   〈◊〉
                   〈◊〉
                   〈◊〉
                
                 a
                 dairy
                 woman
                 .
              
               
                 
                   demaine
                   ,
                   f.
                
                 toll
                 ,
                 custom
                 ,
                 possession
                 ,
                 also
                 to
                 rule
                 .
              
               
                 
                   demoniake
                   ,
                   g.
                
                 possessed
                 of
                 a
                 Devil
                 .
              
               
                 
                   demin
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 Judge
                 .
              
               
                 
                   dely
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 small
                 .
              
               
                 
                   deuoire
                   ,
                   f.
                
                 labour
                 ,
                 endeavour
                 ,
                 duty
                 .
              
               
                 
                   dent
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 stroke
                 .
              
               
                 
                   demeane
                   ,
                   f.
                
                 complain
                 ,
                 behave
                 .
              
               
                 
                   delue
                   ,
                   d.
                
                 digg
                 ,
                 ditch
                 .
              
               
                 
                   deignous
                   ,
                   f.
                
                 disdainful
                 .
              
               
                 
                   deuinals
                   ,
                   l.
                
                 wisards
                 .
              
               
                 
                   defended
                   ,
                   d.
                
                 forbad
                 ,
                 forbidden
                 .
              
               
                 
                   dequace
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 dash
                 .
              
               
                 
                 dexe
                 ,
                 a
                 desk
                 .
              
               
                 defouled
                 ,
                 shamed
                 .
              
               
                 
                   defence
                   ,
                   f.
                
                 charge
                 ,
                 forbidding
                 .
              
               
                 
                   determinate
                   ,
                   l.
                
                 limited
                 .
              
               
                 
                   dispaired
                   ,
                   l.
                
                 discouraged
                 .
              
               
                 dissentori
                 ,
                 a
                 kind
                 of
                 still
                 .
              
               
                 
                   digne
                   ,
                   l.
                
                 worthy
                 ,
                 mere
                 ;
                 also
                 lyth
                 ,
                 gentle
                 ,
                 yielding
                 ,
                 also
                 to
                 vouchsafe
                 .
              
               
                 
                   diuinistre
                   ,
                   l.
                
                 a
                 divine
                 .
              
               
                 
                   dike
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 ditch
                 .
              
               
                 
                   diapred
                   ,
                   f.
                
                 diversified
                 .
              
               
                 
                   diuinaile
                   ,
                   
                     (
                     AEnigma
                     )
                     g.
                  
                
                 a
                 riddle
                 .
              
               
                 
                   dight
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 made
                 ready
                 ,
                 handled
                 ,
                 used
                 ,
                 also
                 to
                 cover
                 .
              
               
                 
                   distance
                   ,
                   l.
                
                 discord
                 ,
                 danger
                 .
              
               
                 
                   dispended
                   ,
                   l.
                
                 wasted
                 .
              
               
                 
                   dim
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 obscure
                 .
              
               
                 
                   disheussd
                   ,
                   f.
                
                 barehairred
                 .
              
               
                 
                   dite
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 a
                 treatise
                 .
              
               
                 
                   disconsolate
                   ,
                   l.
                
                 without
                 comfort
                 .
              
               
                 
                   disinal
                   ,
                   
                     l.
                     (
                     dies
                     malus
                  
                
                 )
                 unluckey
                 .
              
               
                 
                   dispone
                   ,
                   l.
                
                 dispose
                 .
              
               
                 
                   disparage
                   ,
                   f.
                
                 disgrace
                 .
              
               
                 distreineth
                 ,
                 effecteth
                 .
              
               
                 disceuer
                 ,
                 spend
                 .
              
               
                 distraineth
                 ,
                 vexeth
                 .
              
               
                 
                   diameter
                   ,
                   g.
                
                 a
                 line
                 dividing
                 any
                 figure
                 into
                 two
                 equal
                 parts
                 .
              
               
                 
                   disease
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 vexation
                 .
              
               
                 
                   disapered
                   ,
                   l.
                
                 vanished
                 .
              
               
                 
                   discure
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 shew
                 .
              
               
                 
                   diuerseth
                   ,
                   l.
                
                 turneth
                 .
              
               
                 
                   disioint
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 jeopardy
                 .
              
               
                 
                   dissoned
                   ,
                   l.
                
                 dissonant
                 .
              
               
                 
                   docked
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 cut
                 off
                 .
              
               
                 
                   done
                   houres
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 do
                 servise
                 to
                 God.
                 
              
               
                 
                   doleth
                   ,
                   l.
                
                 grieveth
                 .
              
               
                 douced
                 ,
                 a
                 pipe
                 made
                 of
                 box
                 ,
                 sounding
                 most
                 sweetly
                 .
              
               
                 
                   domesman
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 Jugde
                 .
              
               
                 
                   doughtie
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 slout
                 .
              
               
                 
                   dortoure
                   ,
                   
                     f.
                     dormitorium
                  
                
                 ,
                 a
                 sleeping
                 place
                 .
              
               
                 
                   domed
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 judged
                 .
              
               
                 
                   dormant
                   ,
                   l.
                
                 unremoved
                 .
              
               
                 
                   doced
                   ,
                   f.
                
                 a
                 sweet
                 Instrument
                 .
              
               
                 
                   dole
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 sorrow
                 .
              
               
                 
                   doluen
                   ,
                   d.
                
                 buried
                 .
              
               
                 
                   donet
                   ,
                   l.
                
                 a
                 book
                 so
                 called
                 .
              
               
                 
                   dowtremere
                   ,
                   f.
                
                 fair
                 wearing
                 .
              
               
                 
                   dowle
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 deal
                 .
              
               
                 
                   dow
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 give
                 .
              
               
                 dretching
                 ,
                 delay
                 .
              
               
                 
                   dreri
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 heavy
                 ,
                 sorrowful
                 .
              
               
                 dretch
                 ,
                 to
                 stay
                 ,
                 to
                 hinder
                 ,
                 to
                 tarry
                 ,
                 to
                 dream
                 .
              
               
                 
                   drnftie
                   ,
                   d.
                
                 itkfom
                 ,
                 filthy
                 .
              
               
                 
                   drerines
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 sorrow
                 .
              
               
                 
                   drenched
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 overcome
                 ,
                 drowned
                 .
              
               
                 
                   drerinesse
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 heart-grief
                 .
              
               
                 
                   dreint
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 drowned
                 .
              
               
                 dray
                 ,
                 drey
                 ,
                 dry
                 .
              
               
                 dri
                 ,
                 
                   drien
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 to
                 suffer
                 .
              
               
                 
                   droui
                   ,
                   d.
                
                 filthy
                 .
              
               
                 
                   drugge
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 toyl
                 .
              
               
                 drurie
                 ,
                 modesty
                 ,
                 sobriety
                 ,
                 comliness
                 .
              
               
                 
                   drough
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 drew
                 .
              
               
                 drenching
                 ,
                 taking
                 in
                 .
              
               
                 
                   drunkelew
                   ,
                   d.
                
                 given
                 to
                 drink
                 ,
                 drunken
                 .
              
               
                 *
                 Dulcarnon
                 ,
                 is
                 a
                 proportion
                 in
                 
                   Euclid
                   ,
                   lib.
                
                 1.
                 
                 Theorem
                 .
                 33.
                 propos
                 .
                 47.
                 which
                 was
                 found
                 out
                 by
                 Pythagoras
                 after
                 an
                 whole
                 years
                 study
                 ,
                 and
                 much
                 beating
                 of
                 his
                 Brain
                 :
                 In
                 thankfulness
                 whereof
                 ,
                 he
                 sacrificed
                 an
                 Ox
                 to
                 the
                 Gods
                 ;
                 which
                 Sacrifice
                 he
                 called
                 
                   Dulcarnon
                   .
                   Alexander
                   Nec●am
                
                 an
                 ancient
                 Writer
                 ,
                 in
                 his
                 Book
                 
                   De
                   Naturis
                   Rerum
                
                 ,
                 compoundeth
                 this
                 word
                 of
                 Dulia
                 ,
                 and
                 Caro
                 ,
                 and
                 will
                 have
                 Dulcarnon
                 to
                 be
                 
                   quasi
                   sacrificium
                   Carnis
                   .
                   Chaucer
                
                 aptly
                 applyeth
                 it
                 to
                 Creseide
                 in
                 this
                 place
                 ;
                 shewing
                 that
                 she
                 was
                 as
                 much
                 amazed
                 how
                 to
                 answer
                 Troilus
                 ,
                 as
                 Pythagoras
                 was
                 wearied
                 to
                 bring
                 his
                 desire
                 to
                 effect
                 .
              
               
                 
                   duresse
                   ,
                   f.
                
                 hardness
                 .
              
               
                 
                   dwale
                   ,
                   
                     (
                     solanum
                     soporiferum
                     )
                     d.
                  
                
                 nightshade
                 ,
                 provoking
                 sleep
                 .
              
               
                 
                   dwined
                   ,
                   d.
                
                 dried
                 ,
                 consumed
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 E.
                 
              
               
                 Ebracke
                 ,
                 Hebrew
                 .
              
               
                 ebracke
                 ,
                 Jews
                 .
              
               
                 
                   ecclesiast
                   ,
                   g.
                
                 a
                 churchman
                 .
              
               
                 
                   ecliptike
                   line
                   ,
                   g.
                
                 the
                 circumference
                 of
                 the
                 circle
                 ,
                 wherein
                 the
                 Sun
                 finisheth
                 his
                 yearly
                 motion
                 .
              
               
                 
                   echen
                   ,
                   eche
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 increase
                 ,
                 draw
                 out
                 .
              
               
                 
                   echeth
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 helpeth
                 .
              
               
                 
                   eft
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 again
                 ,
                 soon
                 .
              
               
                 
                   effunde
                   ,
                   l.
                
                 utter
                 .
              
               
                 
                   effated
                   ,
                   f.
                
                 sorted
                 ,
                 defaced
                 .
              
               
                 
                   eftris
                   ,
                   efters
                
                 ,
                 entries
                 ,
                 ways
                 ,
                 galleries
                 .
              
               
                 
                   egment
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 procurement
                 .
              
               
                 
                   eigteth
                   mow
                   ,
                   d.
                
                 may
                 grant
                 .
              
               
                 
                   elate
                   ,
                   l.
                
                 stour
                 .
              
               
                 
                   elenge
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 strange
                 .
              
               
                 ele
                 ,
                 help
                 .
              
               
                 
                   eldeth
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 maketh
                 old
                 .
              
               
                 
                   elth
                   ,
                   eld
                
                 ,
                 old
                 age
                 .
              
               
                 
                   eluish
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 wicked
                 ,
                 froward
                 .
              
               
                 empaired
                 ,
                 much
                 grieved
                 .
              
               
                 
                   emplede
                   ,
                   f.
                
                 sue
                 .
              
               
                 
                   embolfe
                   cercle
                   ,
                   g.
                
                 the
                 oblique
                 circle
                 .
              
               
                 embosed
                 ,
                 hanged
                 out
                 his
                 tongue
                 with
                 weariness
                 .
              
               
                 emforth
                 ,
                 after
                 ,
                 according
                 .
              
               
                 
                   emispere
                   ,
                   g.
                
                 half
                 the
                 compass
                 of
                 the
                 visible
                 heaven
                 .
              
               
                 
                   emplaster
                   ,
                   f.
                
                 set
                 out
                 ,
                 paint
                 :
              
               
                 
                   emprise
                   ,
                   f.
                
                 enterprise
                 ;
                 also
                 fashion
                 ,
                 order
                 .
              
               
                 
                   enbol●ed
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 swelled
                 .
              
               
                 
                   enchafeth
                   ,
                   
                     (
                     flag●at
                  
                
                 )
                 burneth
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Eneidos
                   ,
                   g.
                
                 a
                 work
                 written
                 by
                 Virgil
                 ,
                 of
                 the
                 travels
                 of
                 AEneas
                 .
              
               
                 
                   endry
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 endure
                 .
              
               
                 
                   engined
                   ,
                   d.
                
                 racked
                 .
              
               
                 
                   enhansed
                   ,
                   f.
                
                 exalted
                 .
              
               
                 enhauncen
                 ,
                 lift
                 up
                 ,
                 raise
                 .
              
               
                 
                   engine
                   ,
                   f.
                
                 wit
                 ,
                 devise
                 .
              
               
                 
                   engluting
                   ,
                   f.
                
                 stopping
                 .
              
               
                 
                   enbibing
                   ,
                   l.
                
                 sucking
                 .
              
               
                 enewed
                 ,
                 renewed
                 .
              
               
                 
                   enmossed
                   ,
                   f.
                
                 comforted
                 .
              
               
                 
                   encontrewayle
                   ,
                   f.
                
                 prevent
                 ,
                 to
                 meer
                 .
              
               
                 
                   encheson
                   ,
                   f.
                
                 cause
                 ,
                 occasion
                 .
              
               
                 
                   enchafed
                   ,
                   f.
                
                 heated
                 .
              
               
                 enpited
                 ,
                 delited
                 .
              
               
                 
                   enlangored
                   ,
                   f.
                
                 languishing
                 .
              
               
                 
                   ensise
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 quality
                 ,
                 fashion
                 ,
                 order
                 .
              
               
                 
                   entreteden
                   ,
                   d.
                
                 handle
                 .
              
               
                 
                   entalenten
                   ,
                   f.
                
                 move
                 ,
                 stir
                 up
                 .
              
               
                 
                   entaile
                   ,
                   f.
                
                 graved
                 work
                 .
              
               
                 
                   entremete
                   ,
                   f.
                
                 deal
                 ,
                 meddle
                 .
              
               
                 
                   entermined
                   ,
                   l.
                
                 undermined
                 .
              
               
                 
                   entred
                   ,
                   l.
                
                 buried
                 .
              
               
                 
                   entalented
                   ,
                   f.
                
                 ingrafted
                 .
              
               
                 
                   enteched
                   ,
                   f.
                
                 defiled
                 .
              
               
                 
                   entetched
                   ,
                   f.
                
                 qualified
                 ,
                 spotted
                 .
              
               
                 entame
                 ,
                 touch
                 ,
                 handle
                 .
              
               
                 
                   entailed
                   ,
                   f.
                
                 carved
                 .
              
               
                 
                   entriketh
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 entrappeth
                 .
              
               
                 entriked
                 ,
                 deceived
                 ;
                 also
                 mingled
                 .
              
               
                 
                   enteched
                   ,
                   f.
                
                 qualified
                 ,
                 or
                 spotted
                 .
              
               
                 
                   entremes
                   ,
                   f.
                
                 intermingled
                 .
              
               
                 
                   enuelopt
                   ,
                   f.
                
                 wrapped
                 .
              
               
                 
                   enuiron
                   ,
                   f.
                
                 round
                 ,
                 round
                 about
                 .
              
               
                 
                   equinoctial
                   ,
                   l.
                
                 when
                 the
                 nights
                 and
                 days
                 be
                 all
                 of
                 one
                 length
                 .
              
               
                 
                   ernes
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 promise
                 .
              
               
                 
                   erke
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 weary
                 ,
                 loathing
                 .
              
               
                 erne
                 ,
                 greatly
                 .
              
               
                 
                   ernefull
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 sorrowful
                 .
              
               
                 *
                 
                   Eros
                   ,
                   g.
                
                 Whereas
                 some
                 Copies
                 have
                 Heroes
                 ,
                 some
                 Hernes
                 ,
                 and
                 some
                 such
                 like
                 counterfeit
                 word
                 ,
                 whereof
                 can
                 be
                 given
                 no
                 reason
                 ;
                 I
                 have
                 set
                 down
                 
                   Eros
                   ,
                   i.
                   Cupid
                
                 :
                 as
                 most
                 agreeing
                 in
                 my
                 Opinion
                 with
                 the
                 matter
                 ;
                 which
                 I
                 gather
                 thus
                 :
                 Lucian
                 ,
                 in
                 his
                 second
                 Dialogue
                 bringeth
                 in
                 Cupid
                 teaching
                 Iupiter
                 how
                 to
                 become
                 amiable
                 ,
                 and
                 in
                 him
                 ,
                 how
                 lovers
                 may
                 be
                 made
                 acceptable
                 to
                 their
                 ladies
                 ;
                 not
                 by
                 weeping
                 ,
                 watching
                 ,
                 and
                 fasting
                 ,
                 nor
                 by
                 furious
                 melancholick
                 fits
                 ,
                 but
                 by
                 comly
                 behaviour
                 .
                 The
                 words
                 in
                 the
                 Greek
                 ,
                 are
                 thus
                 much
                 in
                 Latin
                 :
                 
                   Si
                   voles
                   amabilis
                   esse
                   n●que
                   concutias
                   AEgida
                   ,
                   
                   neque
                   fulmen
                   geras
                   :
                   sed
                   suavissimum
                   teipsum
                   exhibe
                   :
                   &
                   vestem
                   sume
                   purpuream
                   ,
                   crepidas
                   subliga
                   aur
                   at
                   as
                   :
                   adtibiam
                   &
                   ad
                   Timpana
                   composito
                   gressu
                   incetle
                   ,
                   &
                   videbis
                   quod
                   plures
                   te
                   sequentur
                   ,
                   quam
                   Bacchum
                   Maenades
                   .
                
                 So
                 that
                 the
                 lovers
                 of
                 Eros
                 ,
                 that
                 is
                 ,
                 Cupids
                 Servants
                 ,
                 do
                 carry
                 themselves
                 comely
                 in
                 all
                 their
                 Passions
                 ,
                 and
                 their
                 Maladies
                 are
                 such
                 as
                 shew
                 no
                 open
                 distemperature
                 of
                 body
                 or
                 mind
                 :
                 which
                 mediocrity
                 this
                 Arcite
                 was
                 far
                 from
                 keeping
                 .
                 And
                 whereas
                 some
                 will
                 have
                 us
                 read
                 
                   Heroes
                   ,
                   i.
                
                 Noble-men
                 ;
                 I
                 cannot
                 dislike
                 their
                 Opinion
                 ,
                 for
                 it
                 may
                 fitly
                 stand
                 with
                 the
                 sense
                 of
                 the
                 place
                 .
              
               
                 
                   erre
                   ,
                   f.
                
                 way
                 .
              
               
                 
                   erst
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 earnest
                 .
              
               
                 
                   escrite
                   ,
                   f.
                
                 a
                 writing
                 .
              
               
                 
                   esperance
                   ,
                   f.
                
                 hope
                 .
              
               
                 esplost
                 ,
                 perfection
                 .
              
               
                 
                   espiritueles
                   ,
                   l.
                
                 heavenly
                 .
              
               
                 
                   essoine
                   ,
                   f.
                
                 delay
                 .
              
               
                 
                   eth
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 easie
                 .
              
               
                 
                   etymologise
                   ,
                   g.
                
                 to
                 shew
                 the
                 true
                 interpretation
                 of
                 a
                 word
                 .
              
               
                 
                   euin
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 equal
                 .
              
               
                 
                   euin
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 upright
                 .
              
               
                 
                   exiteth
                   ,
                   l.
                
                 moveth
                 .
              
               
                 
                   exorcismes
                   ,
                   g.
                
                 adjurations
                 .
              
               
                 
                   expleiten
                   ,
                   f.
                
                 make
                 shew
                 ,
                 counterfeit
                 .
              
               
                 
                   eyth
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 easie
                 .
              
               
                 ey
                 ,
                 an
                 egg
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 F.
                 
              
               
                 Fast
                 ,
                 wedded
                 .
              
               
                 
                   fare
                   ,
                   f.
                
                 gone
                 .
              
               
                 falding
                 ,
                 a
                 kind
                 of
                 course
                 cloth
                 .
              
               
                 fare
                 ,
                 faire
                 .
              
               
                 
                   fay
                   ,
                   f.
                
                 truth
                 .
              
               
                 
                   fast
                   frets
                
                 ,
                 full
                 fraughteth
                 .
              
               
                 
                   farce
                   ,
                   f.
                
                 paint
                 .
              
               
                 fage
                 ,
                 a
                 fable
                 .
              
               
                 
                   fare
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 chear
                 .
              
               
                 
                   farden
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 fared
                 .
              
               
                 
                   famulers
                   ,
                   l.
                
                 helpers
                 .
              
               
                 
                   falsed
                   ,
                   l.
                
                 deceived
                 .
              
               
                 
                   fallas
                   ,
                   l.
                
                 deceit
                 .
              
               
                 fame
                 ,
                 desame
                 ,
                 slander
                 .
              
               
                 
                   fassed
                   ,
                   l.
                
                 stuffed
                 .
              
               
                 
                   faitors
                   ,
                   i.
                
                 deceivers
                 ,
                 flatterers
                 .
              
               
                 
                   fay
                   ,
                   l.
                
                 truly
                 ,
                 also
                 fidelity
                 .
              
               
                 
                   fairy
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 a
                 goodly
                 sight
                 ,
                 the
                 place
                 where
                 Hobgoblins
                 and
                 Fairies
                 dwell
                 .
              
               
                 
                   fantom
                   ,
                   f.
                
                 fancy
                 ,
                 vain
                 vision
                 .
              
               
                 
                   falke
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 people
                 ,
                 folk
                 .
              
               
                 
                   faw
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 glad
                 ,
                 joyful
                 .
              
               
                 
                   fare
                   ,
                   f.
                
                 to
                 go
                 ,
                 also
                 a
                 stir
                 .
              
               
                 
                   faunes
                   ,
                   g.
                
                 rustical
                 gods
                 .
              
               
                 
                   falsen
                   ,
                   f.
                
                 deceive
                 .
              
               
                 
                   fantom
                   ,
                   f.
                
                 vain
                 vision
                 .
              
               
                 
                   facond
                   ,
                   i.
                
                 speech
                 .
              
               
                 
                   fendli
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 ugly
                 .
              
               
                 ferne
                 yeare
                 ,
                 February
                 .
              
               
                 
                   fetise
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 handsom
                 .
              
               
                 
                   ferthing
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 a
                 thin
                 scale
                 .
              
               
                 fermerere
                 ,
                 an
                 overseer
                 of
                 cattel
                 .
              
               
                 fele
                 ,
                 many
                 ,
                 also
                 feling
                 .
              
               
                 
                   ferd
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 fared
                 .
              
               
                 
                   fermases
                   ,
                   g.
                
                 medicines
                 .
              
               
                 *
                 
                   Fenne
                   ,
                   Avicen
                
                 divideth
                 his
                 Canons
                 into
                 partitions
                 ,
                 which
                 he
                 calleth
                 Fens
                 .
              
               
                 
                   ferth
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 the
                 fourth
                 .
              
               
                 
                   fermentation
                   ,
                   l.
                
                 giving
                 Life
                 to
                 the
                 Philosophers
                 stone
                 .
              
               
                 feled
                 ,
                 known
                 .
              
               
                 fers
                 ,
                 the
                 queen
                 in
                 Chess-play
                 .
              
               
                 
                   feture
                   ,
                   f.
                
                 handsomness
                 .
              
               
                 
                   fend
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 devil
                 .
              
               
                 
                   ferne
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 long
                 time
                 .
              
               
                 
                   feestlych
                   ,
                   d.
                
                 pleasant
                 .
              
               
                 
                   fendish
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 divelish
                 .
              
               
                 
                   ferly
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 strange
                 .
              
               
                 
                   ferd
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 fared
                 .
              
               
                 
                   felloun
                   ,
                   f.
                
                 deadly
                 ,
                 cruel
                 .
              
               
                 
                   fele
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 knowledge
                 .
              
               
                 
                   fethered
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 shaked
                 his
                 wings
                 .
              
               
                 
                   feffe
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 indue
                 .
              
               
                 feele
                 ,
                 find
                 .
              
               
                 
                   fele
                   homages
                   ,
                   f.
                
                 faithful
                 subjection
                 .
              
               
                 
                   fell
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 the
                 skin
                 .
              
               
                 
                   feest
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 mirth
                 ,
                 joy
                 .
              
               
                 
                   fere
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 a
                 companion
                 .
              
               
                 
                   ferth
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 the
                 fourth
                 .
              
               
                 
                   fete
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 fine
                 .
              
               
                 
                   fine
                   ,
                   l.
                
                 cease
                 .
              
               
                 
                   finance
                   ,
                   f.
                
                 end
                 .
              
               
                 flaming
                 ,
                 red
                 .
              
               
                 
                   flash
                   of
                   flames
                
                 ,
                 sheaf
                 of
                 Arrows
                 .
              
               
                 flaw
                 ,
                 yellow
                 .
              
               
                 flay
                 ,
                 did
                 fly
                 .
              
               
                 
                   flebring
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 flattering
                 ,
                 slaunder
                 .
              
               
                 
                   fleten
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 abound
                 .
              
               
                 
                   flemer
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 expeller
                 .
              
               
                 flone
                 ,
                 a●
                 arrow
                 .
              
               
                 
                   flemed
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 daunted
                 .
              
               
                 fleming
                 ,
                 conquest
                 .
              
               
                 
                   flid
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 flie
                 .
              
               
                 
                   flite
                   ,
                   flight
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 chide
                 .
              
               
                 *
                 Floreine
                 ,
                 A
                 Coin
                 of
                 the
                 value
                 of
                 3
                 s.
                 4
                 d.
                 or
                 there
                 abouts
                 ,
                 and
                 such
                 were
                 called
                 
                   Florenes
                   de
                   Scuto
                
                 .
                 Others
                 there
                 were
                 called
                 
                   Florenes
                   Regales
                
                 ,
                 contained
                 within
                 the
                 price
                 of
                 2
                 s.
                 10
                 d.
                 q.
                 
              
               
                 flo
                 ,
                 an
                 arrow
                 .
              
               
                 flode
                 ,
                 abounded
                 ,
              
               
                 
                   floreth
                   .
                   l.
                
                 florisheth
                 .
              
               
                 
                   floiting
                   ,
                   
                     f.
                     d.
                  
                
                 whistling
                 .
              
               
                 fonden
                 ,
                 labour
                 .
              
               
                 fonde
                 ,
                 make
                 ,
                 contend
                 ,
                 to
                 labour
                 ;
                 also
                 to
                 make
                 a
                 fool
                 .
              
               
                 
                   fonge
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 take
                 .
              
               
                 
                   fonne
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 fool
                 :
                 also
                 to
                 be
                 foolish
                 .
              
               
                 fonnes
                 ,
                 devises
                 .
              
               
                 
                   fone
                   ,
                   fine
                   ,
                   l.
                
                 make
                 an
                 end
                 .
              
               
                 
                   fother
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 a
                 Wain-load
                 of
                 twenty
                 hundred
                 weight
                 .
              
               
                 
                   forstraught
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 daseled
                 .
              
               
                 fore
                 ,
                 gone
                 .
              
               
                 forfraught
                 ,
                 beset
                 .
              
               
                 
                   forrei
                   ,
                   f.
                
                 to
                 provide
                 horse
                 meat
                 .
              
               
                 
                   forrage
                   ,
                   f.
                
                 fodder
                 ,
                 course
                 meat
                 .
              
               
                 
                   forcer
                   ,
                   f.
                
                 copher
                 or
                 chest
                 .
              
               
                 forward
                 ,
                 course
                 ,
                 condition
                 ,
                 promise
                 .
              
               
                 
                   forwined
                   ,
                   d.
                
                 dried
                 up
                 .
              
               
                 fordo
                 ,
                 overthrown
                 .
              
               
                 
                   for
                   thy
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 therefore
                 .
              
               
                 forpined
                 ,
                 consumed
                 .
              
               
                 
                   
                     
                       forleten
                       ,
                    
                     
                       forsake
                       ,
                       broken
                       off
                       .
                    
                  
                   
                     
                       forlete
                       ,
                    
                  
                
              
               
                 
                   forloine
                   ,
                   rechase
                
                 ,
                 terms
                 of
                 hunting
                 .
              
               
                 
                   forleien
                   ,
                   d.
                
                 wander
                 .
              
               
                 
                   fordo
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 kill
                 .
              
               
                 
                   forleten
                   ,
                   foryetten
                
                 ,
                 let
                 pass
                 ,
                 neglected
                 ,
                 forlorne
                 .
              
               
                 
                   fortuna
                   maior
                   ,
                   l.
                
                 Jupiter
                 .
              
               
                 forgist
                 ,
                 forgiving
                 .
              
               
                 forth
                 ,
                 theft
                 .
              
               
                 
                   forwelked
                   ,
                   
                     (
                     marcidus
                     )
                     d.
                  
                
                 dryed
                 up
                 .
              
               
                 forlaine
                 ,
                 forsaken
                 .
              
               
                 
                   fort
                   ,
                   l.
                
                 strong
                 .
              
               
                 forleteth
                 ,
                 giveth
                 over
                 .
              
               
                 forlyth
                 ,
                 spoileth
                 .
              
               
                 
                   forsongen
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 weary
                 with
                 singing
                 .
              
               
                 
                   forge
                   ,
                   f.
                
                 work
                 .
              
               
                 
                   foreyne
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 a
                 Jaques
                 .
              
               
                 formel
                 ,
                 his
                 make
                 .
              
               
                 
                   forfare
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 forlorne
                 .
              
               
                 fore
                 ,
                 fared
                 ,
                 gone
                 .
              
               
                 foredid
                 ,
                 killed
                 .
              
               
                 
                   foryede
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 overwent
                 .
              
               
                 fordo
                 ,
                 undone
                 ,
                 lost
                 .
              
               
                 
                   fone
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 enemies
                 .
              
               
                 
                   foison
                   ,
                   f.
                
                 plenty
                 .
              
               
                 
                   foiterers
                   ,
                   f.
                
                 vagabonds
                 .
              
               
                 
                   foothot
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 forthwith
                 .
              
               
                 
                   fowlefaile
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 err
                 greatly
                 .
              
               
                 
                   folili
                   ,
                   f.
                
                 rashly
                 .
              
               
                 
                   fomen
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 enemies
                 .
              
               
                 fongeth
                 ,
                 taketh
                 use
                 .
              
               
                 fownd
                 ,
                 framed
                 .
              
               
                 
                   foiles
                   ,
                   f.
                
                 leaves
                 .
              
               
                 
                   frape
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 a
                 company
                 ,
                 a
                 rabble
                 .
              
               
                 frained
                 ,
                 restrained
                 ,
                 also
                 asked
                 .
              
               
                 
                   fret
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 a
                 circle
                 .
              
               
                 freneth
                 ,
                 maketh
                 strange
                 noise
                 .
              
               
                 
                   fret
                   ,
                   f.
                
                 fraught
                 .
              
               
                 
                   frend
                   ,
                   fremd
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 strange
                 .
              
               
                 
                   freelti
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 frail
                 .
              
               
                 froy
                 ,
                 from
                 you
                 .
              
               
                 
                   franks
                   ,
                   f.
                
                 french
                 crowns
                 .
              
               
                 
                   freten
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 devour
                 .
              
               
                 
                   franchise
                   ,
                   f.
                
                 freedom
                 .
              
               
                 
                 
                   freel
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 ●rail
                 .
              
               
                 
                   freteth
                   ,
                   f.
                
                 rubbeth
                 ,
                 chafeth
                 .
              
               
                 
                   fret
                   ,
                   f.
                
                 turn
                 ,
                 fraught
                 .
              
               
                 
                   frouncen
                   ,
                   
                     d.
                     f.
                  
                
                 wrinckling
                 .
              
               
                 
                   fremed
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 wild
                 ,
                 strange
                 .
              
               
                 fret
                 full
                 ,
                 
                   set
                   full
                
                 .
              
               
                 
                   frened
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 strange
                 .
              
               
                 
                   frounce
                   ,
                   f.
                
                 a
                 wrincle
                 .
              
               
                 
                   froise
                   ,
                   
                     (
                     frixura
                     )
                     f.
                  
                
                 a
                 Pancake
                 ,
                 or
                 Tansey
                 .
              
               
                 
                   frounklesse
                   ,
                   f.
                
                 plain
                 .
              
               
                 
                   fryth
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 a
                 wood
                 .
              
               
                 fullich
                 ,
                 fully
                 .
              
               
                 fulke
                 ,
                 an
                 hollow
                 place
                 .
              
               
                 
                   fur●●ll
                   ,
                   f.
                
                 cruel
                 .
              
               
                 
                   fusible
                   ,
                   l.
                
                 that
                 may
                 be
                 molte●
                 .
              
               
                 
                   fuir
                   ,
                   i.
                
                 fury
                 .
              
               
                 fye
                 ,
                 defic
                 .
              
               
                 
                   fined
                   ,
                   l.
                
                 ended
                 .
              
               
                 fish
                 ,
                 the
                 sign
                 Pisces
                 .
              
               
                 
                   fire
                   leuin
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 lightning
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 G.
                 
              
               
                 
                   Gabbing
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 lying
                 .
              
               
                 
                   gadling
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 stragling
                 .
              
               
                 
                   garnison
                   ,
                   f.
                
                 preparation
                 .
              
               
                 Garnade
                 ,
                 Garnata
                 in
                 Spain
                 .
              
               
                 
                   garison
                   ,
                   f.
                
                 a
                 defence
                 .
              
               
                 gable
                 ,
                 the
                 fore
                 front
                 of
                 an
                 House
                 .
              
               
                 
                   galoch
                   ,
                   f.
                
                 a
                 kind
                 of
                 shoe
                 .
              
               
                 
                   gaytere
                   berries
                   ,
                   
                     (
                     virga
                     sanguinea
                  
                
                 )
                 prickwood
                 .
              
               
                 
                   gastnes
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 terror
                 .
              
               
                 
                   gargoning
                   ,
                   f.
                
                 strange
                 speaking
                 .
              
               
                 
                   gab
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 prate
                 or
                 lye
                 .
              
               
                 *
                 Ganilion
                 ,
                 which
                 betrayed
                 the
                 Army
                 of
                 the
                 Christians
                 ,
                 under
                 Charlemain
                 ,
                 to
                 the
                 Saracens
                 ,
                 and
                 was
                 therefore
                 torn
                 in
                 pieces
                 with
                 four
                 Horses
                 .
              
               
                 
                   galaxi
                   ,
                   
                     (
                     lactea
                     via
                     )
                     g.
                  
                
                 a
                 tract
                 of
                 stars
                 called
                 Watling-street
                 .
              
               
                 
                   gale
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 yawle
                 .
              
               
                 
                   gale
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 flout
                 ,
                 also
                 chase
                 .
              
               
                 
                   galpeth
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 belcheth
                 .
              
               
                 
                   galiard
                   ,
                   f.
                
                 lusty
                 ,
                 ●rollick
                 .
              
               
                 
                   garison
                   ,
                   f.
                
                 to
                 defend
                 .
              
               
                 *
                 Gawyn
                 ,
                 This
                 Gawyn
                 was
                 Sisters
                 Son
                 to
                 Arthur
                 the
                 great
                 ,
                 King
                 of
                 the
                 Britains
                 ,
                 a
                 most
                 famous
                 man
                 in
                 War
                 ,
                 and
                 in
                 all
                 manner
                 of
                 Civility
                 ;
                 As
                 in
                 the
                 Acts
                 of
                 the
                 Brittains
                 we
                 may
                 read
                 .
                 In
                 the
                 year
                 1082.
                 in
                 a
                 Province
                 of
                 Wales
                 ,
                 called
                 Rose
                 ,
                 was
                 his
                 Sepulchre
                 found
                 ,
                 and
                 his
                 Body
                 ,
                 affirmed
                 by
                 many
                 ,
                 to
                 have
                 been
                 of
                 the
                 length
                 of
                 fourteen
                 foot
                 .
              
               
                 galliens
                 ,
                 Galens
                 works
                 .
              
               
                 gate
                 ,
                 occasion
                 .
              
               
                 
                   gaudi
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 brave
                 .
              
               
                 
                   gawreth
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 stareth
                 .
              
               
                 
                   gawre
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 stare
                 .
              
               
                 
                   gawde
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 a
                 trifle
                 .
              
               
                 
                   
                     
                       geri
                       ,
                    
                     
                       mutable
                       ,
                       also
                       cruel
                       .
                    
                  
                   
                     
                       gerifull
                       ,
                    
                  
                
              
               
                 
                   gend
                   ,
                   f.
                
                 seemly
                 .
              
               
                 
                   gere
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 jest
                 ,
                 frensie
                 .
              
               
                 
                   gergon
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 chattering
                 ,
                 praring
                 .
              
               
                 
                   geomancie
                   ,
                   g.
                
                 conjuration
                 by
                 circles
                 in
                 the
                 earth
                 .
              
               
                 gent
                 ,
                 
                   f.
                   d.
                
                 comely
                 ,
                 proper
                 .
              
               
                 gesseran
                 ,
                 a
                 brestplate
                 .
              
               
                 
                   gip●ere
                   ,
                   f.
                
                 a
                 bag
                 or
                 pouch
                 .
              
               
                 gippon
                 ,
                 a
                 doublet
                 ,
                 or
                 light
                 coat
                 .
              
               
                 
                   gigges
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 drabs
                 .
              
               
                 
                   girde
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 strike
                 .
              
               
                 gigging
                 ,
                 sounding
                 .
              
               
                 
                   gigges
                   ,
                   
                     (
                     garrulitas
                  
                
                 )
                 babling
                 .
              
               
                 gite
                 ,
                 a
                 gown
                 .
              
               
                 
                   gisarme
                   ,
                   gasa
                
                 ,
                 a
                 certain
                 weapon
                 .
              
               
                 gipe
                 ,
                 a
                 coat
                 full
                 of
                 pleits
                 .
              
               
                 gigges
                 ,
                 bablings
                 .
              
               
                 
                   giglotlyke
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 strumpet
                 like
                 .
              
               
                 gladly
                 ,
                 commonly
                 .
              
               
                 
                   glapeth
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 glistereth
                 .
              
               
                 
                   glede
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 fire
                 ,
                 embers
                 ,
                 flame
                 ,
                 sparkles
                 ,
                 ashes
                 .
              
               
                 
                   gle
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 melody
                 .
              
               
                 
                   glent
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 glanced
                 ,
                 cast
                 .
              
               
                 
                   gleire
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 white
                 .
              
               
                 
                   glase
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 to
                 glose
                 .
              
               
                 
                   gle●en
                   ,
                   d.
                
                 gon
                 ,
                 slidden
                 .
              
               
                 g●edes
                 ,
                 imbers
                 ,
                 also
                 flames
                 .
              
               
                 
                   gleue
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 a
                 spear
                 .
              
               
                 
                   glitteren
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 glister
                 ,
                 shine
                 .
              
               
                 
                   glitering
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 shining
                 .
              
               
                 
                   glode
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 ascended
                 .
              
               
                 
                   glowed
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 stared
                 .
              
               
                 
                   glombe
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 frown
                 .
              
               
                 gloten
                 ,
                 covering
                 .
              
               
                 glose
                 ,
                 perswade
                 .
              
               
                 
                   glose
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 flatter
                 ,
                 also
                 the
                 exposition
                 of
                 a
                 dark
                 speech
                 .
              
               
                 
                   glede
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 puttock
                 .
              
               
                 
                   glowden
                   ,
                   d.
                
                 shined
                 .
              
               
                 
                   glittren
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 shine
                 .
              
               
                 
                   gnarre
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 an
                 hard
                 knot
                 ,
                 as
                 in
                 wood
                 ;
                 a
                 short
                 thick
                 grub
                 .
              
               
                 gnast
                 ,
                 gnash
                 .
              
               
                 
                   gnew
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 gnawed
                 .
              
               
                 
                   gnoffe
                   ,
                   i.
                
                 fool
                 ,
                 chuffe
                 ,
                 miser
                 .
              
               
                 
                   gods
                   sonn
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 that
                 God
                 sendeth
                 .
              
               
                 
                   gods
                   half
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 on
                 Gods
                 side
                 .
              
               
                 
                   gorget
                   ,
                   f.
                
                 a
                 throat
                 .
              
               
                 
                   gore
                   ,
                   
                     (
                     lacinia
                  
                
                 )
                 a
                 pleat
                 or
                 fold
                 .
              
               
                 
                   golyerdies
                   ,
                   f.
                
                 ravenously
                 mouthed
                 .
              
               
                 
                   gowreth
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 stareth
                 .
              
               
                 
                   gonfennon
                   ,
                   f.
                
                 a
                 little
                 flag
                 .
              
               
                 
                   gonge
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 Jaques
                 .
              
               
                 
                   gossomor
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 things
                 that
                 flye
                 in
                 the
                 Air
                 in
                 Summer
                 time
                 like
                 Copwebs
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Goodmes
                   ,
                   f.
                
                 good
                 time
                 ,
                 or
                 mood
                 .
              
               
                 
                   gourde
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 a
                 bottel
                 ,
                 made
                 of
                 a
                 gourd
                 .
              
               
                 
                   golit
                   ,
                   d.
                
                 throat
                 .
              
               
                 
                   gotysh
                   ,
                   i.
                
                 sottish
                 .
              
               
                 gore
                 ,
                 an
                 arbor
                 under
                 a
                 gourd
                 .
              
               
                 goodlihead
                 ,
                 gay
                 shew
                 .
              
               
                 
                   grame
                   ,
                   i.
                
                 sorrow
                 ,
                 
                   mishap
                   ,
                   d.
                
                 anger
                 .
              
               
                 graythed
                 ,
                 devised
                 .
              
               
                 grapenel
                 ,
                 an
                 Instrument
                 with
                 many
                 hooks
                 .
              
               
                 
                   graspeth
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 catcheth
                 fast
                 .
              
               
                 
                   gratch
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 apparel
                 .
              
               
                 
                   grauen
                   ,
                   d.
                
                 buried
                 .
              
               
                 
                   grant
                   mercy
                   ,
                   f.
                
                 I
                 thank
                 you
                 .
              
               
                 graue
                 ,
                 bury
                 .
              
               
                 
                   graieth
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 to
                 make
                 trim
                 .
              
               
                 great
                 see
                 
                   (
                   Mar
                   maggiore
                   )
                   anciently
                   Pontus
                   Euxinus
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   grece
                   ,
                   f.
                
                 gray
                 ,
                 gray
                 amise
                 of
                 Russie
                 Squirrels
                 .
              
               
                 
                   greith
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 remove
                 .
              
               
                 
                   grete
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 wepe
                 .
              
               
                 grenehed
                 ,
                 rashness
                 .
              
               
                 
                   gre
                   ,
                   f.
                
                 good
                 part
                 .
              
               
                 
                   grith
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 agreement
                 .
              
               
                 
                   greues
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 trees
                 ,
                 boughs
                 ,
                 leaves
                 ,
                 grass
                 .
              
               
                 
                   gret
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 saluted
                 .
              
               
                 greyned
                 ,
                 made
                 .
              
               
                 
                   grede
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 cried
                 .
              
               
                 
                   grint
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 grinded
                 .
              
               
                 
                   grispe
                   ,
                   d.
                
                 gripe
                 .
              
               
                 
                   grisely
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 abhominably
                 ,
                 gastly
                 ,
                 fearfully
                 .
              
               
                 
                   grill
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 could
                 .
              
               
                 
                   grofly
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 flat
                 on
                 the
                 ground
                 .
              
               
                 
                   groine
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 a
                 froward
                 look
                 .
              
               
                 
                   growbed
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 digged
                 .
              
               
                 
                   
                     
                       gruffe
                       ,
                    
                     
                       b.
                       groveling
                       .
                    
                  
                   
                     
                       groufe
                       ,
                    
                  
                
              
               
                 
                   gruell
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 pottage
                 .
              
               
                 
                   guerdon
                   ,
                   f.
                
                 reward
                 .
              
               
                 
                   guerdonlesse
                   ,
                   f.
                
                 unrewarded
                 .
              
               
                 
                   guerring
                   ,
                   i.
                
                 brawling
                 .
              
               
                 
                   gullet
                   ,
                   d.
                
                 a
                 throat
                 .
              
               
                 
                   gye
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 guide
                 .
              
               
                 
                   gyre
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 trance
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 H
              
               
                 *
                 Harrolds
                 ,
                 whereas
                 in
                 some
                 books
                 it
                 is
                 ,
                 my
                 King
                 of
                 Harrolds
                 shalt
                 thou
                 be
                 ;
                 it
                 is
                 now
                 corrected
                 thus
                 (
                 my
                 King
                 of
                 Harlots
                 shalt
                 thou
                 be
                 .
                 )
                 For
                 so
                 it
                 is
                 in
                 the
                 French
                 Moralization
                 of
                 Molinet
                 ,
                 149.
                 where
                 he
                 is
                 called
                 
                   Roi
                   des
                   Ribaulds
                
                 ,
                 which
                 is
                 the
                 King
                 of
                 Harlots
                 ,
                 or
                 wicked
                 Persons
                 :
                 an
                 Office
                 of
                 great
                 account
                 in
                 times
                 past
                 ,
                 and
                 yet
                 used
                 in
                 the
                 Court
                 of
                 France
                 .
                 Of
                 this
                 office
                 speaketh
                 
                   Iohannes
                   Tillius
                
                 in
                 his
                 second
                 book
                 
                   De
                   rebus
                   Gallicis
                
                 ,
                 under
                 the
                 title
                 
                   De
                   Praefecto
                   praetorio
                   Regis
                
                 .
                 But
                 more
                 hereof
                 when
                 time
                 shall
                 serve
                 in
                 M.
                 
                   F.
                   Thins
                
                 Comment
                 .
              
               
                 
                   halfe
                   ,
                   d.
                
                 a
                 neck
                 .
              
               
                 
                 
                   hasard
                   ,
                   d.
                
                 dising
                 .
              
               
                 haw
                 ,
                 a
                 yard
                 ,
                 black
                 ,
                 have
                 .
              
               
                 
                   halfe
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 charge
                 .
              
               
                 haire
                 ,
                 hair-cloth
                 .
              
               
                 
                   hayes
                   ,
                   f.
                
                 hedges
                 .
              
               
                 
                   haketon
                   ,
                   f.
                
                 a
                 Jacket
                 without
                 sleves
                 .
              
               
                 
                   hawberke
                   ,
                   f.
                
                 a
                 gorget
                 .
              
               
                 
                   halpe
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 helped
                 .
              
               
                 
                   
                     
                       halke
                       ,
                       
                         (
                         angulus
                      
                       )
                    
                     
                       b.
                       corner
                       ,
                       valley
                       .
                    
                  
                   
                     
                       herne
                       ,
                    
                  
                
              
               
                 
                   haubergion
                   ,
                   
                     (
                     Iorica
                     )
                     f.
                  
                
                 a
                 coat
                 of
                 male
                 .
              
               
                 
                   hate
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 benamed
                 .
              
               
                 
                   habite
                   ,
                   l.
                
                 plite
                 .
              
               
                 
                   harlotrise
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 bawdry
                 .
              
               
                 
                   halt
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 held
                 purpose
                 .
              
               
                 hauten
                 ,
                 comely
                 .
              
               
                 
                   haried
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 pulled
                 .
              
               
                 
                   hayne
                   ,
                   f.
                
                 hatred
                 .
              
               
                 hafe
                 ,
                 lifted
                 .
              
               
                 
                   hace
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 hath
                 .
              
               
                 
                   han
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 have
                 .
              
               
                 
                   hawbacke
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 return
                 .
              
               
                 
                   hardely
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 stoutly
                 ,
                 also
                 verily
                 .
              
               
                 
                   hackeney
                   ,
                   d.
                
                 a
                 trotting
                 horse
                 .
              
               
                 
                   ham●led
                   ,
                   d.
                
                 cut
                 off
                 ,
                 abated
                 .
              
               
                 halow
                 ,
                 hollow
                 .
              
               
                 
                   halsing
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 embrasing
                 .
              
               
                 
                   harrow
                   ,
                   
                     (
                     apage●is
                  
                
                 )
                 away
                 ,
                 away
                 ,
                 fie
                 ,
                 ●ie
                 .
              
               
                 
                   happeth
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 covereth
                 ,
                 embraseth
                 .
              
               
                 
                   hauselines
                   ,
                   
                     (
                     faemoralia
                  
                
                 )
                 breches
                 .
              
               
                 
                   hat
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 was
                 called
                 .
              
               
                 
                   hallowes
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 Saint
                 .
              
               
                 
                   haulues
                   ,
                   d.
                
                 parts
                 .
              
               
                 
                   hawtently
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 solemnly
                 .
              
               
                 halt
                 ,
                 held
                 ,
                 holdeth
                 ,
                 judgeth
                 .
              
               
                 
                   haunten
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 use
                 .
              
               
                 haunce
                 ,
                 set
                 out
                 .
              
               
                 hanceled
                 ,
                 cut
                 off
                 .
              
               
                 
                   halt
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 performeth
                 ,
                 holdeth
                 .
              
               
                 
                   halteth
                   ,
                   
                     (
                     trahit
                  
                
                 )
                 draweth
                 .
              
               
                 
                   hauoire
                   ,
                   f.
                
                 possession
                 .
              
               
                 henten
                 ,
                 hent
                 ,
                 
                   b.
                   catch
                   .
                
              
               
                 he
                 le
                 ,
                 heyle
                 ,
                 
                   b.
                   health
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   hethen
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 mockery
                 .
              
               
                 hewen
                 ,
                 hewed
                 ,
                 
                   b.
                   coloured
                   .
                
              
               
                 hecled
                 ,
                 wrapped
                 .
              
               
                 
                   herbigage
                   ,
                   f.
                
                 lodging
                 .
              
               
                 held
                 ,
                 accompt
                 ,
                 accompted
                 .
              
               
                 
                   hereid
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 praised
                 ,
                 honoured
                 .
              
               
                 
                   hewed
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 coloured
                 .
              
               
                 
                   hew
                   ,
                   hewis
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 colours
                 ,
                 welfare
                 ,
                 beauty
                 .
              
               
                 
                   hestes
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 wills
                 ,
                 promise
                 ,
                 commandements
                 .
              
               
                 
                   heyne
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 labourer
                 ,
                 drudge
                 ,
              
               
                 
                   heauen
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 to
                 shove
                 ,
                 to
                 lift
                 .
              
               
                 hewmond
                 ,
                 new
                 roade
                 .
              
               
                 
                   healed
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 covered
                 ,
                 heard
                 .
              
               
                 heroner
                 ,
                 a
                 special
                 long
                 winged
                 Hawk
                 .
              
               
                 
                   hent
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 catched
                 .
              
               
                 
                   herborow
                   ,
                   d.
                
                 lodging
                 .
              
               
                 
                   heriyng
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 praise
                 .
              
               
                 
                   herawdes
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 furious
                 parts
                 in
                 a
                 play
                 .
              
               
                 here
                 and
                 houne
                 ,
                 
                   hare
                   and
                   hound
                
                 .
              
               
                 
                   helmed
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 defended
                 .
              
               
                 
                   heale
                   ,
                   hele
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 hold
                 ,
                 cover
                 .
              
               
                 
                   here
                   and
                   hace
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 hoarse
                 and
                 harsh
                 .
              
               
                 healed
                 ,
                 heard
                 .
              
               
                 
                   helded
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 holden
                 down
                 .
              
               
                 
                   herieth
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 praiseth
                 .
              
               
                 helest
                 ,
                 did
                 hold
                 .
              
               
                 
                   hend
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 gentle
                 .
              
               
                 
                   hernia
                   ,
                   g.
                
                 the
                 disease
                 called
                 bursting
                 .
              
               
                 
                   hote
                   ,
                   hete
                   ,
                   heten
                   ,
                   d.
                
                 vow
                 ,
                 promise
                 .
              
               
                 *
                 Heisugge
                 ,
                 The
                 Heisugge
                 ,
                 called
                 Curruca
                 ,
                 is
                 a
                 little
                 Bird
                 in
                 whose
                 nest
                 the
                 Cuckow
                 laieth
                 her-Eggs
                 ,
                 and
                 when
                 they
                 be
                 hatched
                 ,
                 and
                 grown
                 to
                 some
                 bigness
                 ,
                 they
                 eat
                 the
                 Bird
                 that
                 bred
                 them
                 .
              
               
                 hew
                 ,
                 welfare
                 .
              
               
                 herden
                 ,
                 did
                 hear
                 .
              
               
                 
                   heuen
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 rise
                 up
                 .
              
               
                 hem
                 ,
                 them
                 .
              
               
                 
                   heth
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 brabes
                 or
                 such
                 like
                 .
              
               
                 her
                 ,
                 their
                 .
              
               
                 
                   hete
                   ,
                   d.
                
                 was
                 named
                 .
              
               
                 
                   henters
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 catchers
                 .
              
               
                 
                   height
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 were
                 named
                 .
              
               
                 
                   heepe
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 help
                 .
              
               
                 
                   heraud
                   ,
                   d.
                
                 proclaim
                 ,
                 set
                 forth
                 .
              
               
                 hew
                 ,
                 to
                 hover
                 .
              
               
                 
                   henten
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 to
                 catch
                 .
              
               
                 
                   hemisphere
                   ,
                   g.
                
                 half
                 the
                 compass
                 of
                 the
                 visible
                 Heaven
                 .
              
               
                 highest
                 ,
                 maketh
                 hast
                 .
              
               
                 
                   hight
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 promised
                 .
              
               
                 
                   hierdesse
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 berdwoman
                 .
              
               
                 
                   hith
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 make
                 hast
                 .
              
               
                 
                   highten
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 promise
                 .
              
               
                 
                   hip
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 the
                 red
                 berry
                 on
                 the
                 brier
                 .
              
               
                 
                   hidous
                   ,
                   
                     f.
                     b.
                  
                
                 great
                 .
              
               
                 hite
                 ,
                 hete
                 ,
                 hote
                 ,
                 
                   d.
                   
                     is
                     called
                  
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   hild
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 powred
                 .
              
               
                 
                   hidiously
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 fiercely
                 ,
                 fearfully
                 .
              
               
                 holt
                 ,
                 holden
                 .
              
               
                 
                   hoten
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 called
                 .
              
               
                 
                   horologe
                   ,
                   g.
                
                 a
                 clock
                 .
              
               
                 hote
                 the
                 knot
                 ,
                 
                   make
                   fast
                
                 .
              
               
                 
                   hoppen
                   ,
                   d.
                
                 leap
                 .
              
               
                 
                   howten
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 hallow
                 .
              
               
                 howgates
                 ,
                 how
                 .
              
               
                 
                   hore
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 white
                 .
              
               
                 
                   holoure
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 horemonger
                 .
              
               
                 hostei
                 ,
                 to
                 lay
                 siege
                 .
              
               
                 
                   homicide
                   ,
                   g.
                
                 murderer
                 .
              
               
                 
                   hoten
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 make
                 an
                 unpleasant
                 noise
                 .
              
               
                 
                   hopesteres
                   ,
                   
                     (
                     gubernaculum
                     tenentes
                  
                
                 )
                 pilots
                 .
              
               
                 
                   horde
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 heap
                 .
              
               
                 
                   howselin
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 receive
                 the
                 Sacrament
                 .
              
               
                 
                   homager
                   ,
                   f.
                
                 subject
                 .
              
               
                 howuer
                 ,
                 an
                 hoverer
                 .
              
               
                 hold
                 ,
                 with-held
                 .
              
               
                 
                   houed
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 taried
                 .
              
               
                 
                   hoker
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 stoutness
                 ,
                 frowardness
                 .
              
               
                 
                   horrow
                   ,
                   
                     (
                     squalidus
                  
                
                 )
                 beastly
                 ,
                 base
                 ,
                 sla●derous
                 .
              
               
                 
                   houe
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 lifted
                 up
                 ,
                 to
                 hover
                 ,
                 also
                 a
                 shew
                 .
              
               
                 
                   horoscope
                   ,
                   g.
                
                 the
                 ascendent
                 of
                 ones
                 Nativity
                 .
              
               
                 hough
                 ,
                 how
                 .
              
               
                 
                   hostell
                   ,
                   f.
                
                 a
                 town
                 house
                 .
              
               
                 
                   hote
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 promise
                 ,
                 bid
                 .
              
               
                 hostilements
                 ,
                 necessaries
                 .
              
               
                 hold
                 ,
                 beholden
                 .
              
               
                 
                   hostes
                   hore
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 woods
                 white
                 .
              
               
                 
                   holt
                   ,
                   d.
                
                 a
                 grove
                 .
              
               
                 
                   hoting
                   ,
                   d.
                
                 promising
                 .
              
               
                 
                   hurleth
                   ,
                   f.
                
                 falleth
                 ,
                 maketh
                 a
                 noise
                 .
              
               
                 *
                 
                   Hugh
                   of
                   Lincolne
                
                 ,
                 In
                 the
                 20
                 th
                 year
                 of
                 Henry
                 the
                 Third
                 ,
                 eighteen
                 Jews
                 were
                 brought
                 to
                 London
                 from
                 Lincolne
                 ,
                 and
                 hanged
                 for
                 crucifying
                 a
                 Child
                 of
                 eight
                 years
                 old
                 ;
                 which
                 was
                 this
                 Hugh
                 ,
                 whereof
                 Chaucer
                 speaketh
                 ,
                 as
                 may
                 be
                 proved
                 out
                 of
                 
                   Matthew
                   Paris
                
                 ,
                 and
                 Walsingham
                 .
              
               
                 
                   hurleth
                   ,
                   
                     (
                     obstrepit
                     )
                     f.
                  
                
                 maketh
                 a
                 noise
                 .
              
               
                 hurtell
                 ,
                 skirmish
                 .
              
               
                 hurtlest
                 ,
                 carrieth
                 ,
                 throweth
                 .
              
               
                 
                   hurtlen
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 thrust
                 .
              
               
                 
                   hulstred
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 hidden
                 .
              
               
                 
                   hurtelen
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 provoke
                 .
              
               
                 
                   humling
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 sounding
                 .
              
               
                 hyldeth
                 ,
                 yieldeth
                 .
              
               
                 
                   hyne
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 a
                 hiend
                 or
                 husbandman
                 .
              
               
                 hye●d
                 ,
                 heardman
                 ,
                 Governour
                 .
              
               
                 
                   hyerds
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 guides
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 I.
                 
              
               
                 Iape
                 ,
                 Jest
                 ,
                 a
                 Word
                 by
                 abuse
                 grown
                 odious
                 ,
                 and
                 therefore
                 by
                 a
                 certain
                 curious
                 Gentlewoman
                 scraped
                 out
                 in
                 her
                 Chaucer
                 ;
                 whereupon
                 her
                 serving
                 man
                 writeth
                 thus
                 :
                 
                   My
                   Mistress
                   cannot
                   be
                   content
                   ,
                
                 
                   To
                   take
                   a
                   ●est
                   as
                   Chaucer
                   ment
                   ,
                
                 
                   But
                   using
                   still
                   a
                   Womans
                   fashion
                   ,
                
                 
                   Allows
                   it
                   in
                   the
                   last
                   Translation
                   :
                
                 
                   She
                   cannot
                   with
                   a
                   word
                   dispence
                   ,
                
                 
                   Although
                   I
                   know
                   she
                   loves
                   the
                   sence
                   .
                
                 
                   For
                   such
                   an
                   use
                   the
                   World
                   hath
                   got
                
                 
                   That
                   words
                   are
                   sins
                   ,
                   but
                   deeds
                   are
                   nor
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   iambeux
                   ,
                   f.
                
                 armour
                 for
                 the
                 legs
                 .
              
               
                 iane
                 ,
                 half
                 pence
                 of
                 Janua
                 ,
                 or
                 Galy
                 half
                 pence
                 .
              
               
                 
                   iapedst
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 jested
                 .
              
               
                 
                   iangleresses
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 brablers
                 .
              
               
                 ibet
                 ,
                 stamped
                 .
              
               
                 ibete
                 ,
                 set
                 forth
                 .
              
               
                 
                 
                   icond
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 learned
                 .
              
               
                 
                   ich
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 my self
                 .
              
               
                 
                   ido
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 undone
                 ,
                 spoiled
                 .
              
               
                 
                   idolaster
                   ,
                   g.
                
                 idolatour
                 .
              
               
                 
                   iet
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 devise
                 .
              
               
                 iewry
                 ,
                 the
                 Jews
                 street
                 or
                 sinagogue
                 .
              
               
                 iewise
                 ,
                 reward
                 by
                 revenge
                 ,
                 also
                 a
                 gibber
                 .
              
               
                 
                   ifete
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 effect
                 .
              
               
                 
                   ifere
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 together
                 .
              
               
                 
                   ificched
                   ,
                   f.
                
                 fixed
                 .
              
               
                 
                   ifounded
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 sunk
                 .
              
               
                 
                   ifretten
                   ,
                   d.
                
                 devoured
                 .
              
               
                 igourd
                 ,
                 fly
                 .
              
               
                 
                   igrauen
                   ,
                   d.
                
                 buried
                 .
              
               
                 
                   ihight
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 called
                 ,
                 accompted
                 .
              
               
                 ihired
                 ,
                 honoured
                 .
              
               
                 
                   ikend
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 known
                 .
              
               
                 ilimed
                 ,
                 taken
                 .
              
               
                 
                   ilke
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 same
                 .
              
               
                 
                   illusion
                   ,
                   l.
                
                 deceipt
                 .
              
               
                 
                   imasked
                   ,
                   f.
                
                 covered
                 .
              
               
                 
                   imeint
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 mingled
                 .
              
               
                 
                   imped
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 grafted
                 .
              
               
                 
                   impetren
                   ,
                   l.
                
                 intreat
                 .
              
               
                 
                   incantations
                   ,
                   i.
                
                 charms
                 .
              
               
                 in
                 a
                 threw
                 ,
                 
                   b.
                   quickly
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   innerest
                   ,
                   f.
                
                 inward
                 .
              
               
                 
                   indulgence
                   ,
                   l.
                
                 pardon
                 .
              
               
                 ingot
                 ,
                 the
                 mass
                 or
                 wedge
                 of
                 gold
                 after
                 it
                 is
                 molten
                 ,
                 as
                 also
                 the
                 trough
                 wherein
                 it
                 is
                 molten
                 .
              
               
                 
                   intermete
                   ,
                   f.
                
                 medle
                 .
              
               
                 
                   incubus
                   ,
                   l.
                
                 the
                 night
                 mare
                 .
              
               
                 
                   indigence
                   ,
                   l.
                
                 want
                 .
              
               
                 
                   intremes
                   ,
                   f.
                
                 middle
                 servise
                 ,
                 intermingled
                 .
              
               
                 intresse
                 ,
                 lining
                 .
              
               
                 
                   i
                   not
                
                 ,
                 I
                 know
                 not
                 .
              
               
                 intermeting
                 ,
                 changing
                 .
              
               
                 
                   inome
                   ,
                   d.
                
                 taken
                 .
              
               
                 
                   interual
                   ,
                   l.
                
                 distance
                 of
                 time
                 .
              
               
                 
                   iniquitance
                   ,
                   l.
                
                 disquiet
                 .
              
               
                 
                   induration
                   ,
                   l.
                
                 making
                 hard
                 .
              
               
                 
                   inde
                   ,
                   f.
                
                 azure
                 colour
                 .
              
               
                 
                   in
                   hie
                
                 ,
                 in
                 hast
                 .
              
               
                 
                   i
                   the
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 thrive
                 .
              
               
                 
                   itwight
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 drawn
                 .
              
               
                 ineched
                 ,
                 put
                 in
                 .
              
               
                 
                   inomen
                   ,
                   d.
                
                 obtained
                 .
              
               
                 
                   inhild
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 infuse
                 .
              
               
                 
                   iombre
                   .
                   b.
                
                 joyn
                 ,
                 jumble
                 .
              
               
                 
                   ionglerie
                   ,
                   d.
                
                 jugling
                 .
              
               
                 
                   iordans
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 double
                 urinals
                 .
              
               
                 
                   ioleming
                   ,
                   d.
                
                 joyful
                 .
              
               
                 iossa
                 ,
                 turn
                 .
              
               
                 
                   ioyeux
                   ,
                   f.
                
                 joyful
                 .
              
               
                 ipriued
                 ,
                 searched
                 .
              
               
                 ipulled
                 ,
                 smoothed
                 .
              
               
                 irayled
                 ,
                 covered
                 ,
                 spred
                 .
              
               
                 I
                 se
                 ,
                 beheld
                 .
              
               
                 
                   isped
                   ,
                   
                     (
                     expeditus
                  
                
                 )
                 dispatched
                 .
              
               
                 
                   ishad
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 scattered
                 .
              
               
                 
                   isperi
                   ,
                   g.
                
                 Orizon
                 .
              
               
                 
                   ishet
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 shut
                 .
              
               
                 
                   ispended
                   ,
                   l.
                
                 considered
                 .
              
               
                 ishone
                 ,
                 set
                 forth
                 .
              
               
                 
                   iswent
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 swinged
                 .
              
               
                 *
                 Iustinian
                 ,
                 In
                 the
                 eleventh
                 Book
                 of
                 the
                 Code
                 ,
                 
                   De
                   mendicantibus
                   validis
                
                 ;
                 where
                 it
                 is
                 enacted
                 ,
                 that
                 if
                 any
                 shall
                 beg
                 ,
                 having
                 no
                 cause
                 either
                 by
                 need
                 ,
                 or
                 maim
                 ,
                 the
                 same
                 shall
                 be
                 examined
                 and
                 searched
                 ;
                 and
                 who
                 so
                 shall
                 find
                 him
                 to
                 counterfeit
                 ,
                 and
                 proveth
                 the
                 same
                 ,
                 
                   Dominium
                   ejus
                   consequetur
                
                 :
                 and
                 saith
                 Bartoll
                 .
                 He
                 shall
                 be
                 punished
                 ,
                 
                   Ad
                   arbitrium
                   Iudicis
                
                 .
              
               
                 
                   iuuentute
                   ,
                   l.
                
                 youth
                 .
              
               
                 
                   iupart
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 adventure
                 .
              
               
                 
                   iubeli
                   ,
                   l.
                
                 joy
                 ,
                 gladness
                 for
                 freedom
                 .
              
               
                 
                   iub
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 bottel
                 .
              
               
                 
                   iudicum
                   ,
                   l.
                
                 book
                 of
                 Judges
                 .
              
               
                 iwri
                 ,
                 iwrien
                 ,
                 hidden
                 .
              
               
                 iwri
                 ,
                 covered
                 ,
                 hanged
                 .
              
               
                 
                   iwimpled
                   ,
                   d.
                
                 mufled
                 ,
                 hooded
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 K.
                 
              
               
                 Kalender
                 ,
                 chief
                 ,
                 first
                 .
              
               
                 kalends
                 ,
                 preamble
                 .
              
               
                 ke●●ked
                 ,
                 kiken
                 ,
                 
                   b.
                   stared
                   .
                
              
               
                 Ke●●nard
                 ,
                 micher
                 ,
                 hedg-creeper
                 .
              
               
                 
                   kepe
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 care
                 .
              
               
                 *
                 Kenelme
                 ,
                 This
                 Kenelmus
                 king
                 of
                 the
                 Mercians
                 was
                 innocently
                 slain
                 by
                 his
                 Sister
                 Quendrida
                 ,
                 whereby
                 he
                 obtained
                 his
                 Name
                 of
                 a
                 Martyr
                 .
                 In
                 the
                 same
                 place
                 ,
                 for
                 Mereturick
                 we
                 now
                 read
                 Mercenrick
                 ,
                 which
                 is
                 the
                 Kingdom
                 of
                 Mercia
                 ,
                 as
                 the
                 Etymology
                 of
                 the
                 word
                 doth
                 teach
                 .
                 For
                 Rik
                 in
                 the
                 Saxon
                 Tongue
                 signifieth
                 a
                 Kingdom
                 ,
                 and
                 Mercen
                 ,
                 the
                 marches
                 or
                 bounds
                 of
                 a
                 country
                 .
                 So
                 that
                 Mercenrick
                 is
                 
                   regnum
                   Mercia
                
                 ,
                 whereof
                 both
                 Kenulph
                 and
                 Kenelme
                 were
                 Kings
                 .
              
               
                 
                   kele
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 to
                 coole
                 .
              
               
                 
                   kest
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 cast
                 .
              
               
                 
                   kepen
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 to
                 care
              
               
                 
                   kembe
                   ,
                   d.
                
                 deck
                 .
              
               
                 kemeling
                 ,
                 a
                 Brewers
                 vessel
                 .
              
               
                 kernels
                 ,
                 holes
                 or
                 corners
                 in
                 battelments
                 .
              
               
                 kerueth
                 ,
                 greveth
                 .
              
               
                 
                   ken
                   ,
                   d.
                
                 teach
                 ,
                 know
                 .
              
               
                 
                   kers
                   ,
                   
                     (
                     nasturtium
                     )
                     d.
                  
                
                 water●resles
                 .
              
               
                 
                   keuer
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 recover
                 .
              
               
                 
                   kene
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 sharp
                 .
              
               
                 
                   kend
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 made
                 me
                 know
                 .
              
               
                 *
                 Kichell
                 ,
                 A
                 Cake
                 which
                 Horrace
                 calleth
                 
                   Libum
                   :
                   Vtque
                   sacerdotis
                   fugitibus
                   liba
                   recuso
                   :
                
                 and
                 with
                 us
                 it
                 is
                 called
                 a
                 Gods
                 Kichell
                 ,
                 because
                 Godfathers
                 and
                 Godmothers
                 used
                 commonly
                 to
                 give
                 one
                 of
                 them
                 to
                 their
                 Godchildren
                 ,
                 when
                 they
                 asked
                 blessing
                 .
              
               
                 
                   kith
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 acquaintance
                 .
              
               
                 kinrest
                 ,
                 quiet
                 rest
                 .
              
               
                 
                   kithen
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 shew
                 .
              
               
                 kinds
                 ,
                 kindels
                 ,
                 
                   (
                   faetus
                   )
                   b.
                   
                     young
                     ones
                  
                
                 .
              
               
                 
                   kirked
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 turned
                 upward
                 .
              
               
                 
                   kith
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 make
                 known
                 ,
                 shew
                 ,
                 acknowledge
                 .
              
               
                 
                   kid
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 known
                 ,
                 made
                 known
                 .
              
               
                 
                   kitheth
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 sheweth
                 .
              
               
                 
                   kin
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 kind
                 .
              
               
                 
                   knarri
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 slubby
                 .
              
               
                 kned
                 ,
                 knit
                 .
              
               
                 knittest
                 ,
                 setlest
                 .
              
               
                 
                   knockeden
                   ,
                   d.
                
                 did
                 knock
                 .
              
               
                 
                   knopped
                   ,
                   d.
                
                 tied
                 ,
                 laced
                 .
              
               
                 
                   kon
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 can
                 .
              
               
                 
                   koueren
                   ,
                   f.
                
                 to
                 hide
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 L.
                 
              
               
                 Lake
                 ,
                 fine
                 cloth
                 like
                 lawn
                 .
              
               
                 
                   largesse
                   ,
                   i.
                
                 liberality
                 .
              
               
                 
                   lachesse
                   ,
                   f.
                
                 leysines
                 .
              
               
                 
                   latered
                   ,
                   l.
                
                 laysie
                 ,
                 loitring
                 .
              
               
                 
                   laas
                   ,
                   
                     (
                     laqueus
                     )
                     d.
                  
                
                 net
                 or
                 gin●
              
               
                 
                   laude
                   ,
                   l.
                
                 praise
                 .
              
               
                 
                   langorous
                   ,
                   f.
                
                 pining
                 .
              
               
                 lacke
                 ,
                 dispraise
                 .
              
               
                 laft
                 ,
                 lest
                 off
                 ,
                 enclosed
                 .
              
               
                 
                   lacke
                   ,
                   d.
                
                 offence
                 :
                 also
                 lie
                 ,
                 to
                 dispraise
                 .
              
               
                 lay
                 ,
                 a
                 song
                 .
              
               
                 
                   lauen
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 draw
                 empty
                 .
              
               
                 
                   laudes
                   ,
                   i.
                
                 morning
                 servise
                 .
              
               
                 
                   languerth
                   ,
                   i.
                
                 languisheth
                 .
              
               
                 
                   latonne
                   ,
                   f.
                
                 copper
                 .
              
               
                 
                   lacert
                   ,
                   i.
                
                 sinew
                 .
              
               
                 
                   layuers
                   ,
                   
                     (
                     corrigiae
                  
                
                 )
                 thongs
                 .
              
               
                 
                   lay
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 law
                 .
              
               
                 
                   laund
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 a
                 plain
                 between
                 trees
                 .
              
               
                 
                   lauender
                   ,
                   
                     i.
                     f.
                  
                
                 laundress
                 .
              
               
                 
                   laued
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 drew
                 .
              
               
                 
                   lath
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 a
                 barn
                 .
              
               
                 lasten
                 ,
                 forsook
                 .
              
               
                 lasse
                 ,
                 less
                 .
              
               
                 
                   lach
                   ,
                   f.
                
                 lasie
                 .
              
               
                 
                   larson
                   ,
                   f.
                
                 robbery
                 .
              
               
                 lacking
                 ,
                 dispraising
                 .
              
               
                 lacken
                 ,
                 extenuate
                 ,
                 dispraise
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Lettow
                   ,
                   Lituania
                
                 ,
                 part
                 of
                 Sarmatia
                 ,
                 joyning
                 to
                 Polonia
                 .
              
               
                 Leyes
                 ,
                 taken
                 to
                 be
                 Levissa
                 ,
                 upon
                 the
                 Continent
                 not
                 far
                 from
                 Rhodes
                 .
              
               
                 lestis
                 ,
                 temptations
                 ,
                 lusts
                 ,
                 pleasures
                 .
              
               
                 ley
                 ,
                 a
                 song
                 .
              
               
                 lees
                 ,
                 leasing
                 ,
                 also
                 lost
                 ,
                 release
                 .
              
               
                 
                   lewde
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 ignorant
                 .
              
               
                 leue
                 ,
                 beleve
                 ,
                 live
                 ,
                 releeve
                 ,
                 grant
                 ,
                 dear
                 .
              
               
                 
                 
                   let
                   ,
                   lete
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 leave
                 forsake
                 ,
              
               
                 leden
                 ,
                 language
                 .
              
               
                 
                   lene
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 lend
                 .
              
               
                 leueth
                 ,
                 beareth
                 .
              
               
                 leuer
                 ,
                 better
                 .
              
               
                 
                   lech
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 a
                 surgeon
                 .
              
               
                 
                   leue
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 dear
                 .
              
               
                 
                   lete
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 lest
                 off
                 ,
                 to
                 leave
                 .
              
               
                 
                   lends
                   ,
                   
                     (
                     lumbi
                     )
                     d.
                  
                
                 loins
                 .
              
               
                 
                   lettrure
                   ,
                   f.
                
                 book
                 learning
                 .
              
               
                 
                   ledge
                   ,
                   d.
                
                 lay
                 .
              
               
                 
                   lessel
                   ,
                   
                     (
                     umbraculum
                  
                
                 )
                 bush
                 or
                 hovel
                 .
              
               
                 lele
                 ,
                 right
                 ,
                 lawful
                 .
              
               
                 leite
                 ,
                 light
                 .
              
               
                 
                   legends
                   ,
                   l.
                
                 tales
                 .
              
               
                 
                   lere
                   ,
                   d.
                
                 to
                 teach
                 .
              
               
                 
                   leuer
                   ,
                   lefe
                   ,
                   d.
                
                 wont
                 .
                 dear
                 ,
                 willing
                 ,
                 rather
                 .
              
               
                 leueth
                 ,
                 remaineth
                 .
              
               
                 
                   legisters
                   ,
                   i.
                
                 lawyers
                 .
              
               
                 leged
                 ,
                 resident
                 .
              
               
                 
                   lete
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 deemed
                 ,
                 made
                 shew
                 ,
                 shewed
                 .
              
               
                 lease
                 ,
                 praise
                 .
              
               
                 letting
                 ,
                 leaving
                 .
              
               
                 leueth
                 ,
                 relieveth
                 ,
                 also
                 taketh
                 leave
                 .
              
               
                 
                   lemes
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 flames
                 ,
                 light
                 .
              
               
                 leotorne
                 ,
                 a
                 desk
                 .
              
               
                 
                   legging
                   ,
                   d.
                
                 lodging
                 .
              
               
                 
                   letest
                   fare
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 makest
                 shew
                 .
              
               
                 leuesell
                 ,
                 a
                 bush
                 .
              
               
                 lere
                 ,
                 complexion
                 ,
                 colour
                 ,
                 skin
                 .
              
               
                 
                   letargi
                   ,
                   g.
                
                 a
                 drousie
                 disease
                 causing
                 forgetfulness
                 .
              
               
                 lest
                 ,
                 lust
                 .
              
               
                 *
                 
                   Litarge
                   ,
                   f.
                
                 white
                 lead
                 ;
                 The
                 Composition
                 whereof
                 ,
                 as
                 I
                 find
                 it
                 in
                 an
                 old
                 written
                 book
                 ,
                 is
                 thus
                 :
                 
                   Accipiter
                   plumbum
                   ,
                   &
                   funditur
                   in
                   olla
                   ,
                   &
                   projiciuntur
                   interius
                   testae
                   alterius
                   ollae
                   ,
                   &
                   postea
                   moveatur
                   olla
                   fortiori
                   manu
                   ,
                   quousque
                   commisceantur
                   testae
                   &
                   plumbum
                   ,
                   praeterea
                   projiciatur
                   illud
                   totum
                   ,
                   &
                   illud
                   est
                   litargirum
                   :
                   hoc
                   modo
                   preparatur
                   plumbum
                   ad
                   plumbaciones
                   ollarum
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   ligne
                   aloes
                
                 ,
                 a
                 bitter
                 kind
                 of
                 wood
                 out
                 of
                 India
                 and
                 Arabia
                 .
              
               
                 
                   licand
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 in
                 good
                 plite
                 .
              
               
                 
                   limitation
                   ,
                   i.
                
                 circuit
                 .
              
               
                 
                   liard
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 nimble
                 .
              
               
                 lich
                 ,
                 lech
                 ,
                 
                   b.
                   like
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   limaile
                   ,
                   i.
                
                 dust
                 that
                 cometh
                 of
                 filing
                 .
              
               
                 light
                 ,
                 to
                 make
                 light
                 .
              
               
                 lith
                 ,
                 lieth
                 .
              
               
                 
                   lisse
                   ,
                   f.
                
                 end
                 ,
                 limit
                 ,
                 border
                 .
              
               
                 lisse
                 ,
                 lees
                 ,
                 release
                 .
              
               
                 
                   lisse
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 ease
                 .
              
               
                 
                   ligne
                   ,
                   f.
                
                 line
                 .
              
               
                 
                   lith
                   ,
                   
                     (
                     membrum
                  
                
                 )
                 a
                 lim
                 .
              
               
                 
                   lifthalfe
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 left
                 side
                 .
              
               
                 lith
                 ,
                 lieth
                 ,
                 also
                 plain
                 .
              
               
                 
                   liege
                   ,
                   lege
                   ,
                   f.
                
                 lawful
                 ,
                 true
                 .
              
               
                 lignes
                 ,
                 liketh
                 ,
                 yieldeth
                 .
              
               
                 
                   litherly
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 slothful
                 .
              
               
                 
                   liggen
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 lie
                 .
              
               
                 
                   liart
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 gentle
                 ,
                 lithe
                 ,
                 smooth
                 .
              
               
                 
                   liuen
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 beleeve
                 .
              
               
                 
                   lithi
                   ,
                   lethy
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 soft
                 gentle
                 .
              
               
                 
                   lissed
                   ,
                   f.
                
                 bounded
                 .
              
               
                 lisse
                 ,
                 to
                 have
                 less
                 ,
                 to
                 wax
                 less
                 .
              
               
                 
                   lieges
                   ,
                   f.
                
                 subjects
                 .
              
               
                 
                   lithe
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 to
                 ease
                 .
              
               
                 
                   lorrell
                   ,
                   
                     (
                     lurco
                  
                
                 )
                 devourer
                 .
              
               
                 lombes
                 ,
                 lambs
                 .
              
               
                 
                   loos
                   ,
                   lose
                   ,
                   f.
                
                 praise
                 ,
                 also
                 order
                 .
              
               
                 
                   lossell
                   ,
                   d.
                
                 crafty
                 fellow
                 .
              
               
                 louedaies
                 ,
                 arbicrements
                 .
              
               
                 
                   loppe
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 a
                 spider
                 .
              
               
                 lodemanage
                 ,
                 skill
                 of
                 Navigation
                 by
                 stone
                 and
                 needle
                 .
              
               
                 
                   lollar
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 a
                 breaker
                 of
                 fasting
                 days
                 .
              
               
                 louke
                 ,
                 a
                 fellow
                 receiver
                 .
              
               
                 lorco
                 ,
                 a
                 devourer
                 ,
                 a
                 gulligut
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Loi
                   ,
                   Dunstan
                   ,
                   Iulian
                   ,
                   Runian
                   ,
                
                 and
                 what
                 they
                 were
                 ,
                 may
                 be
                 known
                 in
                 the
                 Legend
                 ,
                 Festival
                 ,
                 and
                 Votaries
                 .
              
               
                 
                   louting
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 kneeling
                 ,
                 honouring
                 .
              
               
                 longen
                 ,
                 belong
                 .
              
               
                 
                   lore
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 learning
                 ,
                 knowledge
                 .
              
               
                 
                   lorne
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 lost
                 .
              
               
                 
                   losenger
                   ,
                   f.
                
                 flatterer
                 or
                 lier
                 .
              
               
                 
                   londles
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 runnagates
                 .
              
               
                 
                   loute
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 to
                 bow
                 or
                 bend
                 .
              
               
                 
                   lozenge
                   ,
                   f.
                
                 square
                 .
              
               
                 
                   losengeri
                   ,
                   f.
                
                 flattery
                 .
              
               
                 loteby
                 ,
                 companion
                 ,
                 or
                 love
                 .
              
               
                 
                   loth
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 lothed
                 .
              
               
                 
                   losenges
                   ,
                   f.
                
                 square
                 figures
                 .
              
               
                 
                   lore
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 lost
                 .
              
               
                 loode
                 ,
                 led
                 .
              
               
                 
                   losenge
                   ,
                   f.
                
                 square
                 .
              
               
                 lostheld
                 ,
                 accompted
                 lost
                 .
              
               
                 
                   lodesmen
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 guides
                 .
              
               
                 
                   lore
                   ,
                   
                     (
                     ratio
                  
                
                 )
                 regard
                 ,
                 doctrine
                 .
              
               
                 low
                 ,
                 fire
                 ,
                 flame
                 :
                 also
                 to
                 allow
                 ,
                 or
                 like
                 .
              
               
                 lordeth
                 ,
                 ruleth
                 .
              
               
                 
                   lucerne
                   ,
                   l.
                
                 candel
                 .
              
               
                 
                   lugge
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 pull
                 .
              
               
                 lushbrough
                 ,
                 a
                 base
                 Coin
                 in
                 the
                 days
                 of
                 Edward
                 the
                 Third
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 M.
                 
              
               
                 *
                 Magicke
                 ,
                 He
                 meaneth
                 this
                 Physician
                 was
                 skilful
                 in
                 Astrology
                 ,
                 and
                 could
                 make
                 his
                 election
                 of
                 fortunate
                 hours
                 ,
                 wherein
                 to
                 minister
                 his
                 Potions
                 to
                 his
                 Patient
                 ;
                 and
                 likewise
                 that
                 he
                 was
                 practised
                 in
                 Magick
                 natural
                 ,
                 as
                 in
                 making
                 of
                 Sigils
                 or
                 Characters
                 stamped
                 in
                 Metal
                 in
                 their
                 due
                 times
                 ,
                 fitted
                 to
                 that
                 sign
                 that
                 governed
                 that
                 part
                 of
                 the
                 Body
                 wherein
                 the
                 Malady
                 was
                 ;
                 as
                 the
                 stamp
                 of
                 Aries
                 for
                 the
                 disease
                 in
                 the
                 Head
                 ,
                 and
                 of
                 Leo
                 for
                 the
                 Reins
                 ,
                 &c.
                 
                 Hereof
                 he
                 speaketh
                 in
                 the
                 third
                 Book
                 of
                 Fame
                 .
                 
                   And
                   Clerkes
                   eke
                   which
                   conne
                   well
                
                 
                   All
                   this
                   Magick
                   naturell
                   ,
                
                 
                   That
                   craftely
                   doe
                   her
                   entents
                   ,
                
                 
                   To
                   maken
                   in
                   certaine
                   ascendents
                
                 
                   Images
                   lo
                   ,
                   through
                   which
                   Magicke
                
                 
                   They
                   make
                   a
                   man
                   be
                   whole
                   and
                   sicke
                   .
                
              
               
                 *
                 
                   Martes
                   marke
                
                 ,
                 A
                 Skar
                 or
                 Cut
                 which
                 the
                 Children
                 born
                 in
                 his
                 Regiment
                 have
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 in
                 some
                 part
                 of
                 their
                 face
                 :
                 but
                 this
                 good
                 Wife
                 of
                 Bath
                 will
                 needs
                 have
                 two
                 ;
                 one
                 for
                 the
                 Character
                 of
                 her
                 principal
                 Planet
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 other
                 ,
                 &c.
                 
              
               
                 maintenance
                 ,
                 threatning
                 .
              
               
                 masteling
                 ,
                 shining
                 .
              
               
                 mazeline
                 ,
                 a
                 mazer
                 .
              
               
                 
                   manace
                   ,
                   f.
                
                 threaten
                 .
              
               
                 maladie
                 ,
                 desease
                 .
              
               
                 make
                 his
                 beard
                 ,
                 
                   deceive
                   him
                
                 .
              
               
                 
                   malles
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 hammers
                 ,
                 betils
                 .
              
               
                 
                   maumetri
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 worship
                 of
                 false
                 Gods.
                 
              
               
                 martirdom
                 ,
                 torment
                 .
              
               
                 maskewed
                 ,
                 fensed
                 ,
                 fortified
                 .
              
               
                 
                   makeles
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 matchless
                 .
              
               
                 
                   mate
                   ,
                   d.
                
                 daunted
                 ,
                 tame
                 ,
                 mad
                 ,
                 pined
                 ,
                 consumed
                 .
              
               
                 
                   maugre
                   ,
                   f.
                
                 despite
                 .
              
               
                 
                   martereth
                   ,
                   i.
                
                 dieth
                 .
              
               
                 marke
                 of
                 Adam
                 ,
                 mankind
                 .
              
               
                 
                   malison
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 a
                 curse
                 .
              
               
                 
                   malleable
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 abiding
                 the
                 hammer
                 .
              
               
                 
                   marris
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 a
                 fen
                 .
              
               
                 
                   mailes
                   ,
                   d.
                
                 round
                 rings
                 .
              
               
                 magonell
                 ,
                 an
                 instrument
                 to
                 cast
                 stones
                 .
              
               
                 
                   malt
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 melted
                 .
              
               
                 
                   mansuete
                   ,
                   l.
                
                 gentle
                 .
              
               
                 
                   maumet
                   ,
                   mahumet
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 a
                 toyl
                 ,
                 bable
                 ,
                 idol
                 .
              
               
                 
                   mannish
                   ,
                   
                     (
                     virago
                     )
                     b.
                  
                
                 stout
                 .
              
               
                 
                   mauis
                   ,
                   f.
                
                 a
                 bushel
                 .
              
               
                 
                   make
                   it
                
                 ,
                 hinder
                 it
                 .
              
               
                 maint
                 ,
                 mingled
                 .
              
               
                 malt
                 ,
                 melted
                 .
              
               
                 
                   matire
                   ,
                   f.
                
                 matter
                 .
              
               
                 
                   mani
                   ,
                   g.
                
                 madness
                 .
              
               
                 
                   masday
                   ,
                   b.
                
                 holy
                 day
                 .
              
               
                 
                   maysondew
                   ,
                   f.
                
                 an
                 hospital
                 .
              
               
                 
                   malure
                   ,
                   f.
                
                 mischance
                 .
              
               
                 
                   malebouch
                   ,
                   f.
                
                 wicked
                 mouth
                 .
              
               
                 *
                 
                   Mercury
                   crude
                   ,
                   l.
                
                 Quick-silver
                 ;
                 for
                 the
                 killing
                 whereof
                 I
                 read
                 thus
                 ;
                 
                   Argentum
                   vivum
                   extinguitur
                   cum
                   forti
                   admixtione
                   salivae
                   hominis
                   ,
                   donec
                   dispereat
                   ,
                   &
                   dico
                   ,
                   quod
                   si
                   projeceris
                   super
                   ipsum
                   aquam
                   fluentem
                   ,
                   si
                   redierit
                   ad
                   primam
                   dispositi
                
              
            
             
          
        
         
      
    
     
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A32740-e460
           
             The
             Original
             of
             
               Mahomet
               Coprogli
            
             .
          
           
             An.
             1644.
             
          
           
             An.
             1648.
             
          
           
             Aug.
             18.
             
          
           
             †
             †
             He
             receives
             the
             Seal
             of
             the
             Empire
             the
             5th
             .
             of
             February
             ,
             1649.
             
          
        
         
           Notes for div A32740-e8760
           
             March
             7.
             1663.
             
          
        
         
           Notes for div A32740-e18210
           
             Octob.
             22.
             1664.