The history of the three late, famous impostors, viz. Padre Ottomano, Mahomed Bei and Sabatai Sevi the one, pretended son and heir to the late Grand Signior, the other, a prince of the Ottoman family, but in truth, a Valachian counterfeit, and the last, the suppos'd Messiah of the Jews, in the year of the true Messiah, 1666 : with a brief account of the ground and occasion of the present war between the Turk and the Venetian : together with the cause of the final extirpation, destruction and exile of the Jews out of the Empire of Persia.
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             The history of the three late, famous impostors, viz. Padre Ottomano, Mahomed Bei and Sabatai Sevi the one, pretended son and heir to the late Grand Signior, the other, a prince of the Ottoman family, but in truth, a Valachian counterfeit, and the last, the suppos'd Messiah of the Jews, in the year of the true Messiah, 1666 : with a brief account of the ground and occasion of the present war between the Turk and the Venetian : together with the cause of the final extirpation, destruction and exile of the Jews out of the Empire of Persia.
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           Ottomano, -- Padre, b. 1641?
           Mehmet Bey.
           Shabbethai Tzevi, 1626-1676.
           Jews -- Iran.
           Venice (Italy) -- History -- Turkish Wars, 17th century.
        
      
    
     
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           THE
           HISTORY
           Of
           the
           THREE
           late
           famous
           IMPOSTORS
           ,
           viz.
           Padre
           Ottomano
           ,
           Mahomed
           Bei
           ,
           andSabatai
           Sevi
           .
           The
           One
           ,
           pretended
           Son
           and
           Heir
           to
           the
           late
           
             Grand
             Signior
             ;
             The
          
           Other
           ,
           a
           Prince
           
             of
             the
          
           Ottoman
           
             Family
             ,
             but
             in
          
           truth
           ,
           a
           Valachian
           Counterfeit
           .
           And
           the
           Last
           ,
           The
           Suppos'd
           MESSIAH
           of
           the
           Iews
           ,
           in
           the
           Year
           of
           the
           true
           Messiah
           ,
           1666.
           
           With
           a
           brief
           Account
           of
           the
           Ground
           ,
           and
           Occasion
           of
           the
           present
           War
           between
           the
           TVRK
           and
           the
           VENETIAN
           .
           Together
           with
           the
           Cause
           of
           the
           final
           
             Extirpation
             ,
             Destruction
          
           ,
           and
           Exile
           of
           the
           IEWS
           out
           of
           the
           EMPIRE
           of
           PERSIA
           .
        
         
           In
           the
           SAVOY
           ,
           Printed
           for
           
             Henry
             Herringman
          
           at
           the
           Sign
           of
           the
           Anchor
           in
           the
           Lower-Walk
           of
           the
           New-Exchange
           .
           1669.
           
        
      
       
         
         
         
           TO
           THE
           RIGHT
           HONOURABLE
           HENRY
           ,
           Lord
           ARLINGTON
           ,
           &c.
           Principal
           SECRETARY
           of
           STATE
           .
        
         
           
             
               
                 My
                 Lord
                 ,
              
            
             
               THESE
               ensuing
               Discourses
               intitle
               their
               Original
               to
               the
               noble
               industry
               ,
               and
               affection
               to
               Truth
               of
               an
               
                 Illustrious
                 Person
              
               ;
               and
               to
               the
               great
               and
               worthy
               
               Ingenuity
               of
               a
               
                 Persian
                 stranger
              
               ,
               lately
               amongst
               us
               ,
               from
               whose
               mouth
               I
               have
               received
               the
               two
               following
               first
               Narrations
               ,
               and
               from
               whom
               I
               have
               been
               abundantly
               satisfied
               ,
               that
               the
               Particulars
               are
               of
               undoubted
               Verity
               .
               For
               the
               Third
               and
               Last
               ,
               which
               concerns
               the
               Story
               of
               that
               Impudent
               Iew
               ,
               it
               will
               need
               little
               Analogy
               ;
               since
               it
               proceeds
               not
               onely
               from
               an
               Eye-witness
               ,
               but
               from
               the
               hand
               of
               a
               Person
               ,
               who
               has
               already
               gratified
               the
               Publique
               with
               the
               Fruit
               of
               many
               
               rare
               and
               excellent
               Observations
               ,
               and
               which
               becomes
               due
               to
               your
               Lordship
               upon
               a
               just
               claim
               ;
               so
               as
               your
               Lordship
               having
               been
               so
               pleas'd
               with
               the
               first
               Relation
               ,
               cannot
               be
               less
               with
               the
               following
               ,
               though
               I
               should
               never
               have
               presum'd
               to
               be
               their
               deferent
               in
               this
               unpolish'd
               dress
               ,
               had
               I
               not
               receiv'd
               some
               assurances
               of
               your
               pardon
               .
            
             
               It
               will
               doubtless
               appear
               very
               strange
               ,
               that
               Impostures
               of
               this
               magnitude
               should
               so
               long
               abuse
               the
               World
               ,
               were
               there
               no
               other
               Interest
               in
               it
               than
               the
               vanity
               of
               the
               Persons
               ,
               
               who
               assume
               to
               themselves
               the
               Titles
               :
               Whatever
               the
               reason
               of
               it
               be
               ;
               Here
               we
               have
               matter
               of
               Fact
               ;
               and
               it
               was
               more
               than
               time
               the
               World
               should
               at
               last
               be
               disabus'd
               ,
               which
               has
               been
               so
               long
               impos'd
               on
               ,
               and
               even
               labour'd
               under
               the
               common
               Mistake
               ,
               That
               ,
               the
               cause
               of
               this
               obstinate
               War
               and
               Quarrel
               'twixt
               the
               Turk
               and
               the
               Venetian
               was
               grounded
               onely
               upon
               the
               taking
               of
               
                 Sultan
                 Osmon
              
               and
               his
               Mother
               (
               pretended
               Son
               and
               Wife
               of
               
                 Sultan
                 Ibrahim
              
               )
               by
               the
               Gallies
               of
               Malta
               .
               This
               was
               ,
               my
               Lord
               ,
               
               the
               believed
               Report
               at
               my
               being
               at
               Venice
               the
               very
               Year
               this
               Action
               fortun'd
               ;
               and
               it
               has
               since
               gain'd
               credit
               ,
               and
               fill'd
               our
               Ears
               ,
               and
               all
               the
               Histories
               of
               this
               Age
               ,
               as
               a
               thing
               unquestionable
               ;
               but
               ,
               with
               what
               pretence
               of
               truth
               ,
               these
               Papers
               will
               both
               inform
               your
               Lordship
               ,
               and
               give
               day
               to
               some
               other
               Passages
               worthy
               the
               Notice
               of
               Inquisitive
               men
               ,
               and
               of
               a
               Conjuncture
               so
               seasonable
               for
               it
               ;
               while
               the
               Eyes
               and
               Thoughts
               of
               all
               Europe
               are
               intent
               upon
               the
               success
               of
               Candia
               .
               What
               concerns
               the
               
                 Valachian
                 Vagrant
              
               
               will
               be
               a
               service
               both
               to
               His
               Majesty
               and
               other
               
                 Christian
                 Princes
              
               ,
               whom
               this
               bold
               Impostor
               has
               had
               the
               front
               to
               abuse
               ;
               but
               
                 eripitur
                 Persona
              
               —
               the
               Mask
               is
               now
               off
               ,
               and
               I
               have
               no
               more
               to
               add
               ,
               than
               that
               of
               being
            
             
               
                 My
                 Lord
                 ,
              
               
                 
                   Your
                   Honors
                
                 Most
                 obedient
                 ,
                 obliged
                 ,
                 and
                 humble
                 Servant
                 
                   J.
                   E.
                
                 
              
            
          
        
      
       
         
         
           To
           the
           READER
           .
        
         
           THe
           Great
           Scaliger
           was
           wont
           commonly
           to
           say
           ,
           
             Omnis
             Historia
             bona
          
           ,
           that
           all
           History
           was
           good
           ;
           meaning
           ,
           that
           it
           was
           worthy
           of
           notice
           ,
           so
           it
           were
           true
           ,
           and
           matter
           of
           fact
           ,
           though
           the
           Subject
           of
           it
           were
           never
           so
           
             trivial
             .
             This
          
           ,
           though
           but
           a
           Pamphlet
           in
           bulke
           ,
           is
           very
           considerable
           for
           the
           Matters
           it
           containes
           ,
           and
           for
           that
           it
           endeavours
           to
           informe
           ,
           and
           disabuse
           
           the
           World
           of
           a
           current
           Error
           ,
           which
           has
           mingled
           ,
           and
           spread
           it selfe
           into
           divers
           grave
           Relations
           that
           have
           been
           Printed
           ,
           and
           confidently
           published
           many
           Yeares
           without
           Suspition
           .
        
         
           How
           I
           came
           to
           be
           enlightned
           for
           these
           Pieces
           ,
           I
           have
           in
           part
           declar'd
           in
           my
           Dedicatory
           Addresses
           ;
           and
           if
           I
           forbear
           to
           publish
           the
           Name
           of
           that
           Intelligent
           Stranger
           ,
           and
           that
           other
           Person
           ,
           from
           whom
           I
           receiv'd
           my
           Informations
           ;
           You
           are
           to
           know
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           not
           out
           of
           fear
           of
           being
           detected
           of
           Imposture
           ,
           whil'st
           we
           declare
           against
           it
           ,
           and
           which
           cannot
           serve
           any
           Interest
           of
           the
           Relators
           ;
           but
           because
           ,
           being
           Strangers
           ,
           or
           Itinerants
           ,
           and
           one
           of
           them
           upon
           his
           return
           into
           his
           
           Native
           Country
           (
           which
           may
           possibly
           engage
           them
           to
           passe
           by
           Malta
           ,
           and
           other
           Levantine
           parts
           obnoxious
           to
           these
           Discourses
           )
           it
           would
           appear
           but
           ingrateful
           in
           us
           to
           expose
           them
           to
           an
           Inconvenience
           .
           Let
           it
           suffice
           to
           assure
           you
           ,
           that
           they
           are
           Persons
           of
           no
           mean
           
             Parts
             ,
             Ingenuity
          
           and
           Candor
           ;
           well
           acquainted
           with
           the
           
             Eastern
             Countreys
          
           and
           Affaires
           ,
           and
           that
           have
           themselves
           been
           witnesses
           of
           most
           of
           these
           Transastions
           .
        
         
           It
           were
           to
           be
           wish'd
           that
           our
           
             Christian
             Monarchs
          
           had
           alwayes
           near
           them
           some
           dextrous
           Person
           of
           this
           Gentlemans
           abilities
           ;
           were
           it
           but
           to
           Discover
           such
           Cheates
           as
           frequently
           appearing
           under
           the
           Disguise
           of
           Distressed
           
             Princes
             ,
             Merchants
          
           ,
           &c.
           are
           ,
           to
           
           truth
           ,
           but
           Spies
           ,
           and
           bold
           Impostors
           ,
           and
           whom
           otherwise
           't
           is
           almost
           impossible
           to
           detect
           ;
           not
           to
           suggest
           the
           many
           other
           good
           Offices
           ,
           as
           to
           the
           
             Eastern
             Commerce
          
           and
           Affaires
           ,
           they
           might
           be
           useful
           in
           :
           But
           this
           is
           more
           than
           I
           have
           Commission
           to
           say
           from
           those
           who
           have
           no
           other
           design
           in
           what
           they
           Relate
           ,
           than
           their
           Affection
           to
           Truth
           .
           It
           is
           not
           yet
           a
           full
           Year
           since
           there
           went
           a
           Crafty
           Varlet
           about
           the
           Countrey
           ,
           who
           pretended
           himself
           to
           be
           the
           Brother
           of
           the
           famous
           
             Peter
             Serini
          
           (
           whose
           brave
           and
           
             Heroick
             Actions
          
           had
           so
           celebrated
           him
           against
           the
           Turkes
           )
           and
           related
           a
           Story
           by
           his
           feign'd
           Interpreter
           ,
           how
           he
           fortun'd
           to
           be
           cast
           on
           shore
           on
           the
           West
           of
           England
           ,
           as
           he
           was
           conducting
           
           Supplies
           from
           abroad
           .
           This
           he
           perform'd
           with
           a
           confidence
           and
           success
           so
           happily
           ,
           as
           caus'd
           him
           to
           be
           
             receiv'd
             ,
             presented
          
           ,
           and
           assisted
           (
           like
           another
           
             Mahomed
             Bei
          
           )
           by
           divers
           Persons
           of
           Quality
           ,
           and
           some
           of
           them
           my
           nearest
           Acquaintance
           ,
           in
           his
           Pretended
           Iourney
           to
           Court
           ;
           But
           being
           at
           last
           discover'd
           in
           a
           Tipling-house
           on
           the
           Rode
           ,
           where
           un-mindful
           of
           his
           Part
           and
           Character
           ,
           he
           call'd
           for
           a
           Pot
           of
           Ale
           in
           too
           good
           English
           ,
           and
           a
           more
           natural
           Tone
           than
           became
           so
           great
           a
           Stranger
           ,
           and
           the
           Person
           he
           put
           on
           ,
           we
           heard
           no
           more
           of
           the
           Gamester
           :
           I
           wish
           our
           
             Fin-land
             Spirit
          
           ,
           who
           is
           of
           late
           dropt
           out
           of
           the
           Clouds
           amongst
           us
           ,
           prove
           not
           one
           of
           his
           Disciples
           ;
           for
           the
           Age
           is
           very
           fertile
           ;
           and
           I
           am
           told
           ,
           that
           our
           Mahomed
           
           having
           receiv'd
           his
           
             Ajuda
             de
             Costo
          
           from
           the
           Bounty
           and
           Charity
           of
           a
           great
           Person
           of
           more
           easie
           Beliefe
           ,
           is
           slipt
           aside
           for
           fear
           of
           the
           Porters-Lodge
           ,
           and
           yet
           't
           is
           possible
           you
           may
           hear
           more
           of
           him
           before
           his
           Ramble
           be
           quite
           at
           a
           period
           .
        
         
           You
           have
           at
           the
           end
           of
           the
           last
           Impostor
           an
           Account
           of
           the
           Jews
           Exile
           out
           of
           that
           Vast
           Empire
           of
           Persia
           ,
           happening
           but
           the
           other
           day
           ;
           which
           ,
           together
           with
           the
           miscarriage
           of
           their
           late
           Messiah
           (
           the
           Twenty-Fifth
           Pretender
           to
           it
           (
           as
           I
           am
           credibly
           inform'd
           ,
           it
           stands
           in
           their
           own
           Records
           )
           might
           ,
           one
           would
           think
           ,
           at
           last
           open
           the
           Eyes
           ,
           and
           turne
           the
           hearts
           of
           that
           obstinate
           and
           miserable
           People
           :
           But
           whil'st
           the
           Time
           not
           yet
           Accomplish'd
           ,
           I
           could
           
           wish
           our
           modern
           Enthusiasts
           ,
           and
           other
           prodigious
           Sects
           amongst
           us
           ,
           who
           Dreame
           of
           the
           like
           Carnal
           Expectations
           ,
           and
           a
           
             Temporal
             Monarchy
          
           ,
           might
           seriously
           weigh
           how
           nearly
           their
           Characters
           approach
           the
           Style
           and
           Design
           of
           these
           Deluded
           Wretches
           ,
           least
           they
           fall
           into
           the
           
             same
             Condemnation
             ,
             and
             the
             Snare
             of
             the
             Devil
             .
          
        
      
       
         
           ERRATA
           .
        
         
           PAge
           15
           ,
           Line
           17
           ,
           Read
           defide
           .
           l.
           28
           r.
           dignità
           ,
           18.
           6.
           r.
           Spina
           Longa
           ,
           21
           l.
           12.
           r.
           DETECTED
           .
           24
           l.
           23
           ,
           r.
           Wafer
           .
           30.
           14.
           dele
           and
           58.
           l.
           17.
           
           Essendo
           .
           l.
           21.
           promessa
           per
           gli
           suoi
           Profeti
           e
           padri
           nostri
           .
           59.
           l.
           2.
           r.
           digjuni
           .
           66.
           11.
           r.
           
             should
             be
             wrought
          
           .
           77
           l.
           18.
           r.
           
             not
             onely
          
           .
           85.
           22.
           r.
           
             one
             that
             (
             as
             it
             was
             said
             .
          
           93.
           l.
           22.
           r.
           tenor
           .
           97.
           15.
           dele
           
             which
             ,
             and
             read
          
           it
           .
           99.
           7.
           r.
           
             As
             that
          
           .
           110.
           l.
           12.
           r.
           Cymeterie
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
         
           THE
           HISTORY
           OF
           PADRE
           OTTOMANO
           ,
           The
           first
           Impostor
           .
        
         
           
             SUltan
             Ibrahim
          
           began
           his
           Reign
           in
           the
           Year
           1049
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           
             Turkish
             Hegira
          
           or
           Period
           ,
           which
           was
           of
           our
           Style
           
             Anno
             1640.
          
           
           He
           was
           about
           nine
           years
           Emperor
           ,
           and
           had
           born
           to
           him
           (
           after
           the
           first
           three
           years
           )
           a
           Son
           nam'd
           Mahomed
           ,
           who
           is
           the
           present
           
             Grand
             Signior
          
           now
           swaying
           the
           Ottoman
           Scepter
           :
           The
           Halaki
           or
           
             Great
             Sultana
          
           his
           Mother
           (
           for
           by
           that
           Adjunct
           of
           Great
           she
           is
           distinguished
           from
           the
           rest
           of
           that
           high
           title
           )
           being
           extreamly
           
           weak
           after
           her
           delivery
           ,
           necessitated
           them
           to
           seek
           out
           ,
           and
           provide
           a
           fitting
           Nurse
           for
           the
           new-born
           Infant
           .
           But
           ,
           before
           we
           can
           proceed
           in
           the
           event
           of
           that
           ,
           some
           other
           Circumstances
           require
           the
           Readers
           attention
           .
        
         
           It
           fortun'd
           that
           from
           the
           Year
           1640
           ,
           to
           44
           there
           liv'd
           in
           Constantinople
           one
           
             Giovanni
             Iacobo
             Cesii
          
           native
           of
           Persia
           ,
           but
           descended
           from
           a
           noble
           Family
           in
           Rome
           ,
           who
           ,
           being
           by
           profession
           a
           Merchant
           ,
           did
           use
           to
           traffique
           not
           onely
           in
           this
           Port
           ,
           but
           held
           commerce
           likewise
           in
           divers
           other
           places
           of
           the
           Levant
           ;
           so
           as
           being
           a
           Man
           of
           more
           than
           ordinary
           note
           ,
           he
           came
           at
           last
           to
           be
           particularly
           favour'd
           by
           the
           
             Grand
             Signiors
          
           chief
           Eunuch
           ,
           whose
           name
           was
           
             Iumbel
             Aga
          
           ,
           otherwise
           called
           
             Keslar
             Agasi
          
           ,
           a
           great
           Minion
           of
           
             Sultan
             Murad
          
           ,
           who
           deceasing
           a
           while
           after
           ,
           his
           following
           Successor
           confirm'd
           to
           him
           his
           former
           Charge
           ,
           which
           was
           to
           take
           Care
           of
           the
           Ladies
           ,
           who
           were
           kept
           in
           the
           Seraglio
           ,
           and
           superintended
           the
           Women
           (
           for
           so
           the
           name
           imports
           )
           nor
           is
           the
           dignity
           of
           less
           esteem
           than
           that
           of
           the
           Visier
           himself
           ,
           within
           the
           precincts
           of
           
           the
           Seraglio
           ;
           since
           it
           intitules
           him
           to
           the
           same
           Access
           to
           the
           Emperour
           his
           Lord
           and
           Master
           ,
           whom
           he
           serves
           as
           Pimp
           of
           honour
           ;
           if
           there
           be
           any
           true
           honour
           in
           so
           vile
           an
           Employment
           .
        
         
           This
           
             Kefler
             Aga
          
           ,
           Eunuch
           as
           he
           was
           ,
           and
           of
           no
           denomination
           for
           Sex
           ,
           (
           for
           his
           Lower-belly
           was
           par'd
           as
           smooth
           as
           his
           
             Chin
             ,
          
           )
           would
           for
           all
           this
           ,
           be
           thoughr
           a
           Lover
           of
           Women
           ;
           not
           for
           his
           ability
           and
           furniture
           ;
           or
           that
           he
           took
           pleasure
           in
           their
           Embraces
           ;
           but
           because
           it
           is
           the
           Style
           of
           the
           Countrey
           ,
           and
           a
           mark
           of
           
             good
             breeding
          
           and
           
             Courtly
             Grandeur
          
           .
        
         
           It
           was
           upon
           this
           Occasion
           that
           he
           one
           day
           sent
           for
           
             Iacobo
             Cesii
          
           ,
           and
           desir'd
           that
           he
           would
           search
           out
           and
           purchase
           for
           him
           the
           most
           elegant
           and
           handsome
           Wench
           he
           could
           possibly
           light
           upon
           ,
           amongst
           such
           slaves
           as
           are
           daily
           expos'd
           to
           sale
           in
           the
           
             Turkish
             Dominions
          
           .
        
         
           The
           Merchant
           was
           not
           longbe'r
           he
           happen'd
           upon
           a
           very
           beautiful
           Creature
           ,
           of
           a
           modest
           Countenance
           ,
           and
           ,
           as
           near
           as
           could
           be
           guess'd
           ,
           a
           Virgin.
           He
           bought
           her
           ,
           and
           brought
           her
           to
           the
           Aga
           ,
           who
           being
           extreamly
           taken
           with
           her
           shape
           and
           mine
           ,
           pay'd
           him
           for
           her
           450
           
           Dollers
           ,
           which
           was
           the
           Price
           she
           was
           valued
           at
           .
           But
           this
           pretty
           Girle
           had
           ,
           for
           all
           her
           simpering
           and
           innocent
           demeanour
           ,
           been
           corrupted
           ,
           it
           seems
           ,
           before
           she
           came
           to
           the
           Eunuch
           ;
           and
           after
           some
           time
           that
           she
           had
           been
           with
           him
           ,
           (
           for
           he
           kept
           her
           in
           a
           house
           of
           his
           own
           ,
           and
           not
           in
           the
           
             Seraglio
             )
             ▪
          
           was
           suspected
           to
           be
           
             with
             child
          
           .
           Her
           Lord
           was
           wonderful
           importunate
           to
           sift
           out
           who
           it
           was
           that
           might
           be
           the
           Father
           of
           her
           
             great
             belly
          
           ;
           but
           she
           would
           by
           no
           means
           be
           induc'd
           to
           discover
           it
           ;
           which
           so
           incensed
           him
           ,
           that
           the
           Aga
           forthwith
           causes
           her
           to
           be
           turn'd
           out
           of
           doores
           ;
           and
           thus
           for
           some
           time
           she
           remained
           in
           disgrace
           ,
           though
           in
           the
           house
           of
           her
           
             Major
             Damo
          
           ,
           to
           whom
           he
           had
           given
           her
           to
           be
           disposed
           of
           ,
           till
           she
           was
           at
           last
           brought
           to
           bed
           of
           a
           goodly
           Boy
           .
        
         
           Some
           time
           after
           the
           Child
           was
           born
           ,
           the
           Aga
           ,
           whether
           mov'd
           with
           Compassion
           or
           Curiosity
           ,
           we
           need
           not
           enquire
           ,
           begins
           to
           discover
           a
           most
           passionate
           desire
           to
           see
           the
           little
           Bastard
           ;
           which
           was
           no
           sooner
           brought
           to
           him
           ,
           but
           being
           exceedingly
           pleas'd
           with
           the
           Babe
           ,
           he
           immediately
           orders
           it
           a
           rich
           Vest
           ,
           and
           other
           fine
           things
           to
           wear
           ,
           though
           it
           was
           
           then
           not
           above
           eight
           or
           nine
           moneths
           old
           ;
           commanding
           that
           it
           should
           still
           be
           kept
           in
           his
           Stewards
           house
           ,
           where
           it
           was
           born
           .
        
         
           It
           fortun'd
           ,
           that
           not
           long
           after
           was
           the
           Birth
           of
           the
           present
           
             Turkish
             Emperour
          
           ;
           and
           the
           
             Great
             Sultana
          
           (
           as
           we
           said
           )
           being
           indisposed
           ,
           The
           
             grand
             Aga
          
           was
           sent
           for
           to
           provide
           a
           Nurse
           for
           the
           young
           Prince
           ,
           that
           care
           belonging
           likewise
           particularly
           to
           his
           charge
           :
           Immediately
           the
           Aga
           reflects
           upon
           his
           disgrac'd
           Slave
           ,
           whom
           he
           speedily
           sent
           for
           to
           him
           ,
           and
           brought
           to
           Court
           ,
           (
           together
           with
           her
           pretty
           By-blow
           ,
           the
           present
           
             Padre
             Ottomano
          
           )
           recommending
           her
           for
           a
           Nurse
           to
           the
           
             Royal
             Infant
          
           ,
           upon
           which
           account
           she
           stay'd
           near
           two
           whole
           years
           in
           the
           
             Seraglio
             :
             Sultan
             Ibrahim
          
           (
           father
           of
           the
           young
           Prince
           )
           during
           this
           time
           grew
           so
           taken
           with
           the
           Nurses
           Boy
           ,
           as
           being
           much
           a
           lovelier
           CHILD
           than
           his
           own
           ,
           that
           he
           grew
           infinitely
           fonder
           of
           him
           ;
           which
           so
           inrag'd
           and
           displeas'd
           the
           
             Great
             Sultana
          
           ,
           that
           being
           now
           no
           longer
           able
           to
           dissemble
           her
           Resentment
           ,
           she
           grew
           in
           wroth
           with
           Ibrahim
           ,
           and
           gave
           a
           second
           and
           more
           cruel
           exilement
           to
           the
           unfortunate
           
           Nurse
           ,
           and
           her
           darling
           Child
           ;
           whom
           she
           banish'd
           out
           of
           the
           Seraglio
           ,
           and
           could
           never
           after
           abide
           the
           Aga
           that
           introduc'd
           them
           .
        
         
           This
           violent
           action
           of
           the
           Sultana
           made
           ,
           you
           may
           imagine
           ,
           a
           foul
           house
           in
           the
           Court
           ,
           and
           it
           grew
           at
           last
           to
           that
           height
           ,
           that
           the
           Emperour
           (
           who
           took
           it
           greatly
           to
           heart
           ,
           his
           pretty
           Favorite
           should
           be
           thus
           thrown
           out
           of
           the
           Seraglio
           ,
           running
           one
           day
           to
           the
           Sultana
           ,
           he
           snatches
           his
           son
           out
           of
           her
           arms
           ,
           and
           threw
           him
           into
           a
           Piscina
           or
           large
           Fountain
           ,
           which
           was
           near
           them
           ,
           where
           he
           had
           like
           to
           have
           been
           drown'd
           .
           This
           passionate
           and
           unnatural
           action
           of
           Ibrahim
           inrag'd
           the
           Sultana
           now
           more
           then
           ever
           against
           the
           Aga
           ,
           so
           as
           she
           sought
           all
           occasions
           possible
           to
           put
           him
           to
           death
           ,
           as
           imputing
           the
           ill-nature
           of
           her
           Lord
           the
           Emperour
           to
           some
           wicked
           impressions
           of
           his
           Favorite
           ;
           but
           chiefly
           ,
           for
           his
           bringing
           the
           fair
           Slave
           and
           her
           Bastard
           into
           the
           Seraglio
           .
        
         
           The
           continual
           hatred
           and
           machinations
           of
           the
           
             G.
             Sultana
          
           caused
           the
           Aga
           to
           consult
           his
           safety
           ;
           and
           besides
           ,
           he
           was
           not
           a
           little
           apprehensive
           of
           the
           
           capricious
           and
           unconstant
           humour
           of
           Ibrahim
           ,
           who
           being
           of
           a
           weak
           complexion
           and
           understanding
           ,
           he
           feared
           might
           in
           time
           be
           wrought
           upon
           by
           the
           Sultana
           to
           destroy
           him
           ;
           and
           therefore
           makes
           suit
           to
           the
           Emperour
           that
           he
           would
           permit
           him
           to
           go
           on
           Pilgrimage
           to
           Mecha
           ,
           since
           Absence
           might
           possibly
           mitigate
           her
           fury
           ;
           and
           for
           that
           he
           was
           now
           grown
           aged
           ,
           and
           less
           capable
           of
           doing
           him
           service
           in
           his
           charge
           ,
           which
           he
           desired
           he
           would
           give
           him
           leave
           to
           resign
           .
        
         
           But
           Ibrahim
           ,
           finding
           him
           by
           long
           experience
           to
           be
           a
           
             discreet
             Person
          
           ,
           and
           one
           that
           had
           faithfully
           served
           the
           Emperour
           his
           Brother
           ,
           would
           by
           no
           means
           hearken
           to
           his
           Request
           ,
           or
           permit
           him
           to
           go
           from
           him
           ;
           since
           as
           the
           constitution
           of
           the
           Seraglio
           stands
           ,
           That
           had
           been
           to
           have
           for
           ever
           depriv'd
           him
           of
           a
           Servant
           ,
           whom
           he
           so
           dearly
           loved
           .
           For
           you
           are
           to
           understand
           ,
           that
           whoever
           obtains
           leave
           to
           go
           that
           holy
           Pilgrimage
           ,
           is
           
             ipso
             facto
          
           made
           free
           ;
           No
           Eunuch
           belonging
           to
           the
           Seraglio
           (
           being
           Slaves
           of
           honour
           to
           the
           
             Grand
             Signior
          
           )
           can
           obtain
           his
           Liberty
           ,
           but
           by
           the
           Emperours
           especial
           Grace
           ;
           which
           
           also
           entitles
           him
           to
           a
           certain
           
             Annual
             Pension
          
           ,
           arising
           from
           the
           Revenue
           of
           
             Grand
             Cairo
          
           ,
           set
           apart
           for
           such
           Rewards
           :
           And
           for
           this
           reason
           it
           was
           ,
           that
           Ibrahim
           was
           very
           unwilling
           to
           part
           with
           his
           Eunuch
           :
           However
           ,
           being
           vanquish'd
           at
           last
           with
           his
           continual
           importunity
           ,
           and
           for
           that
           it
           was
           upon
           condition
           ,
           that
           notwithstanding
           the
           Custom●
           and
           Style
           of
           the
           Seraglio
           in
           such
           Cases
           ,
           he
           should
           go
           but
           as
           his
           slave
           ,
           and
           having
           perform'd
           his
           Devotion
           ,
           return
           to
           him
           again
           ,
           and
           to
           the
           Office
           which
           he
           would
           have
           resign'd
           ;
           he
           grants
           him
           his
           Request
           .
           Upon
           this
           stipulation
           he
           dismisses
           his
           Favourite
           ,
           and
           the
           Eunuch
           prepares
           for
           his
           Iourney
           in
           the
           Caravan
           of
           Alexandria
           ;
           the
           
             Grand
             Signior
          
           having
           at
           that
           time
           never
           a
           Man
           of
           War
           in
           the
           Port.
           
        
         
           The
           whole
           Fleet
           consisted
           of
           but
           
             Eight
             Vessels
          
           ,
           whereof
           Giafer
           commanded
           the
           first
           ,
           Mahumed
           the
           second
           ,
           
             Arab
             Ogli
          
           the
           third
           ,
           (
           this
           
             Arab
             O●li
          
           was
           Pa●tner
           with
           the
           above-nam'd
           
             Gio
             Iacobo
             Cesii
             )
             Cura
             Mahumed
          
           commanded
           the
           fourth
           ,
           Memi
           the
           fifth
           ,
           Bodur
           the
           sixth
           ,
           Nicola
           a
           Christian
           the
           seventh
           ;
           and
           Ian●
           another
           Christian
           Captain
           the
           eighth
           ,
           who
           brought
           up
           the
           rear
           :
           These
           
           being
           ready
           to
           set
           Saile
           ,
           the
           Aga
           embarkes
           with
           his
           Family
           ,
           and
           whole
           Equipage
           (
           amongst
           which
           was
           his
           beautiful
           Slave
           ,
           and
           her
           little
           Son
           )
           in
           the
           first
           Ship
           ,
           whereof
           ,
           as
           we
           said
           ,
           Giafer
           was
           Commander
           :
           And
           now
           directing
           their
           course
           towards
           Alexandria
           ,
           they
           touch'd
           a
           while
           at
           Scio
           (
           an
           Island
           in
           the
           Archipelago
           )
           where
           lingering
           some
           little
           time
           ,
           they
           happen'd
           to
           meet
           with
           a
           certain
           
             Dominican
             Fryer
          
           (
           well
           beloved
           of
           the
           chief
           of
           the
           Country
           )
           whom
           ,
           for
           a
           former
           prevarication
           with
           them
           in
           matter
           of
           Religion
           ,
           they
           would
           needs
           have
           constrained
           to
           abjure
           his
           Faith
           ,
           and
           become
           a
           Turke
           ;
           which
           the
           
             Religious
             Man
          
           refusing
           to
           do
           ,
           the
           cruel
           Eunuch
           caus'd
           him
           to
           be
           immediately
           burnt
           alive
           :
           This
           was
           in
           the
           Year
           1644.
           
        
         
           Loosing
           from
           Scio
           ,
           they
           were
           surpriz'd
           with
           a
           dismal
           Tempest
           ,
           which
           caus'd
           them
           to
           put
           in
           at
           Rhodes
           ,
           where
           they
           were
           likewise
           forc'd
           to
           continue
           for
           some
           dayes
           e'r
           they
           durst
           adventure
           out
           ;
           But
           at
           last
           pursuing
           their
           intended
           Voyage
           from
           thence
           (
           being
           now
           about
           15
           Leagues
           distant
           from
           Rhodes
           )
           they
           discover
           six
           Gallies
           :
           It
           fortun'd
           to
           be
           a
           great
           Calme
           ,
           and
           yet
           they
           were
           
           hardly
           within
           Ken
           ,
           so
           as
           to
           distinguish
           what
           they
           were
           ;
           yet
           supposing
           they
           might
           be
           the
           Gallies
           of
           Bailer
           (
           who
           are
           certain
           Turkish
           Guardians
           of
           the
           Archipelago
           )
           that
           were
           making
           towards
           them
           ,
           they
           seem'd
           not
           to
           be
           so
           much
           concern'd
           :
           But
           when
           a
           little
           after
           they
           came
           to
           find
           their
           Mistake
           ,
           and
           that
           they
           belonged
           to
           Malta
           ,
           they
           were
           strangely
           surpriz'd
           ,
           and
           in
           great
           confusion
           what
           to
           resolve
           on
           ;
           for
           divers
           Vessels
           of
           their
           company
           were
           so
           dispers'd
           ,
           by
           reason
           of
           the
           calme
           ,
           that
           they
           could
           not
           possibly
           joyn
           them
           ●or
           want
           of
           VVind
           .
           This
           happen'd
           upon
           the
           Tenth
           of
           May
           ,
           in
           the
           Year
           1644.
           
        
         
           Well
           ,
           for
           all
           this
           ,
           the
           Aga
           resumes
           courage
           ,
           prepares
           for
           the
           Conflict
           ;
           and
           upon
           their
           approach
           ,
           begins
           bravely
           to
           defend
           himself
           .
           The
           Fight
           continues
           for
           some
           time
           ve●y
           fiercely
           on
           either
           part
           ,
           and
           not
           without
           mutual
           loss
           ;
           till
           by
           an
           unlucky
           Broad-side
           from
           one
           of
           the
           Malta-Gallies
           ,
           the
           Eunuch
           receives
           a
           Canonade
           on
           his
           breast
           ,
           which
           dash'd
           him
           into
           the
           Sea
           ;
           and
           at
           the
           same
           instant
           ,
           there
           was
           also
           fallen
           dead
           the
           fair
           Sciabas
           ,
           (
           for
           so
           was
           that
           female
           Slave
           nam'd
           ,
           a
           Russe
           by
           Nation
           ,
           and
           Mother
           of
           our
           
             Padre
             
             Ottomano
          
           )
           without
           any
           mark
           or
           wound
           ,
           or
           so
           much
           as
           the
           least
           bruise
           to
           be
           found
           ,
           which
           made
           divers
           believe
           she
           dy'd
           of
           very
           fright
           and
           apprehension
           ;
           and
           with
           these
           perish'd
           likewise
           divers
           others
           in
           that
           Vessel
           ;
           upon
           which
           the
           rest
           immediately
           struck
           Saile
           ,
           and
           submitted
           to
           Mercy
           .
        
         
           The
           Maltezes
           now
           boarding
           their
           Prizes
           ,
           and
           seeing
           so
           many
           
             Women
             ,
             Eunuchs
          
           ,
           and
           other
           Passengers
           (
           for
           as
           we
           recounted
           ,
           one
           of
           these
           Vessels
           was
           wholly
           taken
           up
           by
           the
           Aga
           ,
           and
           his
           Domesticks
           )
           asked
           ,
           What
           pretty
           Child
           that
           was
           ?
           the
           distracted
           People
           ,
           partly
           out
           of
           terror
           ,
           and
           haply
           ,
           upon
           hope
           of
           better
           quarter
           ,
           tell
           them
           ,
           that
           he
           was
           the
           Son
           of
           
             Sultan
             Ibrahim
          
           going
           to
           Meca
           to
           be
           Circumcis'd
           .
           Greatly
           pleas●d
           with
           their
           success
           ,
           they
           set
           Saile
           immediately
           for
           Malta
           ,
           where
           the
           hopes
           of
           their
           fancied
           Prize
           had
           so
           far
           exalted
           them
           ,
           that
           they
           soon
           noys'd
           it
           over
           all
           Christendome
           ,
           that
           they
           had
           taken
           the
           
             Grand
             Signiors
             Son
          
           ,
           and
           the
           Sultana
           his
           Mother
           ,
           with
           many
           like
           stories
           which
           pass'd
           about
           the
           VVorld
           for
           current
           ,
           and
           it
           gain'd
           credit
           ,
           and
           was
           indeed
           generally
           believ'd
           by
           themselves
           :
           Nay
           ,
           the
           
           whole
           Colledge
           ,
           and
           Religion
           of
           Malta
           were
           so
           elated
           and
           possess'd
           with
           the
           conceit
           of
           it
           ,
           that
           they
           began
           seriously
           to
           consult
           of
           proposing
           an
           Exchange
           for
           Rhodes
           ,
           which
           had
           been
           their
           antient
           Seat
           ,
           and
           which
           they
           almost
           made
           themselves
           as
           good
           as
           sure
           of
           .
        
         
           The
           
             Great
             Master
          
           ,
           and
           the
           
             Grand
             Croci
          
           were
           absolutely
           of
           th●s
           Opinion
           ;
           and
           did
           thereupon
           write
           Letters
           to
           Constantinople
           ,
           to
           Smyrna
           ,
           and
           to
           several
           other
           places
           and
           correspondences
           ,
           to
           certifie
           where
           they
           might
           find
           their
           young
           Prince
           ,
           and
           his
           Mother
           ,
           provided
           they
           would
           come
           up
           to
           their
           Conditions
           .
           For
           though
           she
           were
           dead
           in
           the
           Combate
           ,
           yet
           it
           seems
           they
           had
           either
           drest
           up
           a
           Property
           to
           Personate
           her
           amongst
           the
           She-slaves
           that
           were
           taken
           ,
           or
           willing
           to
           have
           it
           believed
           so
           ,
           and
           both
           her
           own
           ,
           and
           the
           Portrait
           of
           her
           young
           Son
           ,
           were
           Painted
           to
           the
           life
           ,
           and
           familiarly
           sold
           in
           Italy
           and
           France
           ,
           for
           the
           better
           confirmation
           of
           this
           Beliefe
           :
           But
           after
           long
           expectations
           ,
           receiving
           no
           Answer
           to
           their
           satisfaction
           ,
           they
           begin
           to
           be
           in
           some
           doubt
           ,
           and
           could
           not
           well
           divine
           what
           to
           make
           of
           it
           ,
           and
           whether
           they
           were
           not
           all
           this
           while
           
           deluded
           of
           their
           Boast
           ,
           and
           entertain'd
           in
           suspense
           to
           abuse
           them
           ;
           for
           so
           it
           appears
           they
           were
           to
           the
           very
           Year
           1649.
           
           But
           how
           farr
           this
           contributed
           to
           the
           Quarrel
           with
           the
           Venetians
           ,
           whom
           they
           unexpectedly
           surpriz'd
           soon
           after
           ,
           will
           be
           made
           appear
           by
           the
           Sequel
           .
        
         
           It
           was
           in
           this
           Year
           that
           the
           Person
           who
           gives
           us
           this
           Information
           (
           returning
           from
           Rome
           ,
           where
           he
           had
           finish'd
           his
           Studies
           in
           the
           Colledge
           
             De
             Propaganda
             Fide
          
           )
           into
           his
           Native
           Country
           of
           Persia
           ,
           happen'd
           in
           his
           Journey
           to
           arrive
           at
           Malta
           ;
           where
           making
           some
           stay
           ,
           he
           came
           to
           be
           known
           to
           divers
           of
           the
           Order
           ,
           and
           principal
           Persons
           there
           ;
           as
           namely
           to
           the
           Treasurer
           ,
           several
           of
           the
           
             Grand
             Croci
          
           ,
           to
           the
           
             Great
             Master
          
           himself
           ,
           the
           Commandator
           ,
           the
           General
           of
           the
           Gallies
           ,
           and
           most
           of
           the
           Nobility
           there
           .
           The
           
             Grand
             Master
          
           was
           then
           
             Iohannes
             Lascaris
          
           ,
           the
           
             Grand
             Commandator
             ,
             Monsieurde
             la
             Helle
             ,
          
           the
           
             General
             Monsieur
             de
             Beauchamp
          
           ,
           &c.
           to
           omit
           the
           rest
           .
           These
           enter
           into
           a
           Solemn
           Consultation
           ,
           what
           was
           to
           be
           done
           to
           fift
           out
           the
           truth
           ,
           and
           value
           of
           their
           Prize
           ;
           that
           is
           ,
           to
           know
           whether
           the
           Child
           were
           indeed
           
           
             Sultan
             Ibrahims
          
           Son
           or
           no
           ;
           And
           finding
           this
           Person
           ,
           as
           they
           conceiv'd
           ,
           a
           fit
           Instrument
           for
           their
           Purpose
           ,
           as
           being
           well
           experienc'd
           in
           the
           Turkish
           Language
           ,
           and
           the
           Customes
           of
           their
           Country
           ,
           and
           for
           some
           other
           Relations
           of
           his
           at
           the
           Port
           ,
           and
           one
           who
           had
           given
           them
           good
           Markes
           of
           his
           capacity
           and
           faithfulness
           ,
           they
           resolve
           to
           dispatch
           him
           forthwith
           to
           Constantinople
           ,
           accompanyed
           onely
           with
           three
           or
           four
           
             Turkish
             Slaves
          
           ,
           who
           had
           redeem'd
           themselves
           ,
           and
           with
           Instructions
           to
           their
           Envoye
           how
           the
           Design
           was
           to
           be
           managed
           .
        
         
           
             Signior
             Pietro
          
           (
           for
           so
           we
           will
           now
           call
           him
           )
           Sailes
           from
           Malta
           ,
           arrives
           at
           Constantinople
           ;
           makes
           Friends
           in
           the
           Seraglio
           ;
           enquires
           with
           all
           the
           sedulity
           imaginable
           ,
           Whether
           any
           Child
           of
           the
           
             Grand
             Signiors
          
           were
           missing
           ?
           and
           whether
           it
           were
           true
           ,
           that
           the
           Hasaki
           ,
           or
           Great
           Sultana
           ,
           had
           some
           years
           since
           been
           lost
           ,
           or
           taken
           by
           the
           Maltezes
           in
           her
           Pilgrimage
           towards
           Mecha
           ?
           &c.
           But
           after
           all
           the
           dilligence
           he
           could
           possibly
           make
           ,
           he
           could
           never
           discover
           any
           likelihood
           ,
           or
           so
           much
           as
           shadow
           of
           it
           :
           In
           sum
           ,
           he
           finds
           there
           
           was
           not
           a
           syllable
           of
           it
           true
           ;
           and
           that
           the
           Religion
           of
           Malta
           had
           all
           the
           while
           but
           abused
           themselves
           in
           their
           Credulity
           ,
           and
           all
           Christendom
           in
           the
           Report
           of
           it
           .
           Pietro
           writes
           back
           to
           the
           Religion
           ,
           and
           assures
           them
           by
           many
           indubitable
           Evidences
           ,
           nay
           Oathes
           and
           Affidavit's
           ,
           which
           he
           had
           procur'd
           ,
           and
           several
           other
           Effects
           of
           his
           dilligence
           ,
           that
           it
           was
           all
           Imposture
           ,
           and
           that
           they
           ought
           to
           give
           credit
           to
           the
           Romance
           no
           longer
           ,
           or
           hope
           for
           the
           least
           advantage
           by
           it
           :
           This
           was
           in
           the
           Year
           1650
           ;
           for
           so
           long
           ,
           and
           somewhat
           longer
           it
           was
           ,
           e'r
           they
           would
           be
           dis-abus'd
           :
           And
           now
           at
           last
           they
           begin
           to
           defend
           themselves
           ,
           and
           by
           little
           and
           little
           to
           let
           their
           boasting
           dye
           ,
           and
           to
           neglect
           any
           farther
           Ceremony
           to
           their
           pretended
           
             Royal
             Captive
          
           ;
           In
           short
           ,
           they
           now
           grew
           very
           cold
           ,
           hardly
           made
           any
           more
           account
           of
           him
           ;
           Yet
           so
           ,
           that
           having
           for
           a
           long
           time
           abus'd
           the
           World
           ,
           as
           asham'd
           at
           their
           credulity
           ,
           and
           to
           prevent
           reproach
           ,
           they
           continually
           endeavour'd
           to
           have
           it
           still
           thought
           true
           ;
           and
           therefore
           gave
           the
           Boy
           the
           Title
           of
           Ottomano
           ,
           which
           he
           weares
           to
           this
           day
           ,
           
             Non
             per
             dignitatem
          
           (
           sayes
           our
           ingenious
           Informer
           )
           
             ma
             per
             la
             vanita
          
           .
        
         
         
           This
           is
           the
           true
           and
           real
           History
           of
           the
           so
           much
           talk'd-of
           
             Padre
             Ottomano
          
           ,
           and
           consequently
           of
           that
           groundless
           and
           vulgar
           Opinion
           ,
           which
           has
           been
           spread
           so
           long
           about
           ,
           that
           this
           Accident
           alone
           was
           the
           onely
           sourse
           and
           cause
           of
           the
           
             Grand
             Signiors
          
           Quarrel
           with
           the
           Venetians
           ,
           but
           of
           which
           there
           is
           so
           little
           appearance
           ;
           the
           Interest
           of
           that
           Republick
           ,
           being
           so
           different
           from
           that
           of
           the
           Maltezes
           ,
           who
           are
           Sworn
           never
           to
           be
           at
           Peace
           with
           those
           Miscreants
           ;
           whil'st
           the
           Venetians
           ,
           on
           the
           contrary
           ,
           were
           in
           a
           profound
           ,
           and
           un-interrupted
           League
           with
           them
           .
        
         
           It
           is
           indeed
           commonly
           pretended
           ,
           that
           contrary
           to
           a
           stipulation
           with
           the
           
             Grand
             Signior
          
           ,
           the
           Venetians
           had
           protected
           the
           Knights
           of
           Malta
           ,
           after
           this
           Exploit
           of
           Surprizing
           the
           Sultana
           and
           her
           Son
           ,
           going
           with
           an
           infinite
           Treasure
           to
           Mecha
           ;
           but
           the
           truth
           is
           ,
           finding
           no
           occasion
           to
           Commence
           the
           War
           upon
           this
           suggestion
           ,
           they
           give
           out
           another
           ,
           and
           which
           is
           believed
           was
           the
           more
           real
           ground
           of
           it
           .
        
         
           In
           the
           reign
           of
           
             Sultan
             Amorat
          
           ,
           there
           were
           destroy'd
           and
           burnt
           by
           the
           Venetians
           no
           less
           than
           five
           and
           twenty
           
           
             Fusti
             Barbaresche
          
           ,
           or
           
             Barbary
             Gallies
          
           ,
           who
           were
           Rovers
           and
           Pyrats
           upon
           those
           seas
           ,
           and
           greatly
           infested
           the
           Commerce
           ;
           These
           they
           attaqu'd
           in
           the
           Port
           of
           Avelona
           ,
           demolishing
           withal
           their
           Castle
           :
           Complaint
           hereof
           being
           made
           to
           Morud
           ,
           he
           was
           provok'd
           to
           declare
           War
           against
           them
           as
           the
           first
           Aggressors
           ;
           though
           in
           truth
           this
           had
           been
           no
           violation
           of
           any
           Article
           between
           them
           :
           However
           ,
           upon
           their
           earnest
           instigation
           ,
           Amurat
           seems
           highly
           to
           resent
           the
           Affront
           ,
           as
           done
           against
           his
           Allies
           ;
           Hereupon
           the
           Venetians
           offer
           to
           give
           them
           two
           Galeasses
           in
           satisfaction
           ,
           and
           to
           pay
           for
           all
           the
           losse
           which
           they
           had
           sustain'd
           .
           But
           in
           this
           interim
           the
           
             Grand
             Signior
          
           ingag'd
           in
           the
           War
           at
           Babylon
           ,
           dyes
           soon
           after
           his
           return
           ,
           and
           leaves
           the
           Quarrel
           to
           his
           
             Brother
             Isruhim
          
           ;
           who
           ,
           insensed
           also
           somewhat
           more
           for
           the
           Vessels
           that
           were
           destroy'd
           ,
           upon
           the
           neck
           as
           it
           were
           of
           this
           ,
           by
           the
           Maltezes
           ,
           when
           
             Padre
             Ottomano
          
           was
           taken
           by
           them
           ,
           and
           his
           Favorite
           Aga
           slain
           (
           his
           Design
           ,
           which
           was
           first
           against
           the
           Maltezes
           failing
           )
           without
           the
           least
           pretence
           of
           renewing
           his
           Predecessors
           qua●rel
           with
           the
           Venetians
           ,
           or
           declaring
           any
           
           formal
           War
           )
           with
           a
           Fleet
           of
           near
           500
           saile
           ,
           he
           Lands
           an
           Army
           of
           
             Threescore
             thousand
             Men
          
           near
           the
           City
           Canea
           ,
           and
           in
           little
           time
           became
           Master
           of
           that
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           whole
           Kingdome
           beside
           ;
           Candia
           the
           
             Metropolis
             ,
             Spina
             Songa
             ,
             Carbusa
             ,
             Suda
             ,
          
           and
           some
           very
           few
           Posts
           more
           excepted
           ,
           and
           leaves
           the
           pursuit
           of
           this
           War
           to
           his
           Son
           Mahomed
           ,
           who
           has
           continued
           it
           to
           this
           present
           day
           .
           By
           what
           Accident
           the
           Maltezes
           contributed
           to
           the
           fatal
           rousing
           of
           this
           immane
           Lyon
           we
           have
           seen
           ,
           but
           without
           the
           least
           appearance
           of
           intituling
           it
           to
           the
           Merit
           of
           this
           
             supposititious
             Child
          
           and
           his
           Mother
           ,
           upon
           which
           yet
           it
           is
           so
           vulgarly
           and
           so
           weakly
           founded
           .
        
         
           But
           what
           may
           farther
           elucidate
           the
           utter
           impossibility
           of
           Ottomano's
           Title
           ,
           as
           Heir
           to
           that
           Family
           ,
           't
           is
           notoriously
           known
           ,
           that
           the
           last
           Emperor
           of
           the
           Turks
           (
           Father
           to
           the
           Sulran
           now
           Reigning
           )
           never
           had
           but
           three
           Sons
           ;
           that
           the
           present
           
             Grand
             Signior
          
           was
           alwayes
           the
           Eldest
           ;
           and
           that
           the
           other
           two
           (
           by
           an
           extraordinary
           Effect
           of
           their
           Brothers
           good-nature
           ,
           or
           Address
           of
           the
           present
           Valadir
           or
           Do●ager
           )
           are
           still
           living
           in
           the
           Seraglio
           ,
           out
           of
           whose
           precincts
           
           they
           are
           never
           allow'd
           to
           stir
           abroad
           ,
           but
           in
           company
           of
           the
           
             Grand
             Signior
          
           ,
           and
           under
           the
           strictest
           guard
           :
           Next
           ,
           that
           no
           Prince
           of
           the
           Ottoman
           blood
           ,
           or
           the
           Sultana
           her self
           ,
           does
           ever
           Travel
           to
           any
           place
           whatsoever
           out
           of
           the
           Palace
           ,
           but
           when
           the
           Emperor
           goes
           himself
           in
           Person
           .
           This
           being
           so
           ,
           how
           probable
           and
           likely
           it
           is
           ,
           he
           should
           hazard
           the
           
             Great
             Sultana
          
           ,
           and
           the
           Heir
           of
           the
           Crown
           in
           a
           weak
           and
           ordinary
           Caravan
           ,
           with
           so
           small
           an
           Equipage
           ,
           and
           so
           little
           concernment
           for
           their
           losse
           ,
           as
           never
           so
           much
           as
           to
           treate
           about
           their
           Release
           ,
           &c.
           let
           any
           rational
           Man
           determine
           upon
           mature
           consideration
           ,
           and
           prospect
           of
           the
           Circumstances
           .
        
         
           Besides
           ,
           as
           our
           Intelligence
           argues
           and
           assures
           us
           ,
           those
           of
           Malta
           are
           so
           insatiably
           covetous
           ,
           that
           if
           they
           could
           sell
           even
           the
           very
           Maltezes
           themselves
           ,
           they
           would
           not
           stick
           to
           make
           Money
           of
           them
           ;
           and
           that
           it
           is
           familiar
           with
           these
           Holy
           Corsaires
           ,
           to
           spoil
           all
           the
           
             Oriental
             Christians
          
           ,
           without
           distinction
           ,
           who
           come
           in
           their
           way
           ;
           neither
           regarding
           their
           Faith
           ,
           nor
           their
           Profession
           :
           So
           as
           when
           ever
           they
           surprize
           any
           miserable
           Slaves
           ,
           who
           for
           the
           diead
           of
           torment
           
           have
           been
           forc'd
           to
           turne
           Renegadoes
           ;
           but
           would
           now
           most
           chearfully
           revert
           to
           their
           Faith
           again
           ;
           the
           Maltezes
           will
           not
           hearken
           to
           them
           ,
           but
           sell
           them
           a
           second
           time
           to
           the
           Turkes
           ,
           to
           satisfie
           their
           prodigious
           Avarice
           :
           How
           much
           more
           then
           (
           as
           our
           Informer
           concluded
           )
           had
           it
           been
           to
           their
           Advantage
           ,
           to
           have
           sold
           this
           pretended
           
             Royal
             Boy
          
           ,
           being
           a
           natural
           Turke
           ;
           than
           to
           have
           suffer'd
           him
           to
           become
           a
           Christian
           ?
           But
           they
           reserv'd
           him
           upon
           furture
           hopes
           ,
           and
           when
           they
           perceiv'd
           that
           fail
           them
           ,
           to
           rid
           their
           hands
           of
           the
           Expense
           of
           the
           mock-state
           ,
           they
           had
           so
           long
           been
           at
           ,
           and
           yet
           to
           preserve
           their
           Reputation
           ,
           make
           out
           their
           Boast
           ,
           and
           credit
           their
           Rel●gion
           ;
           they
           find
           a
           pretence
           of
           sending
           him
           to
           be
           bred
           in
           Italy
           ,
           and
           now
           suffer
           him
           to
           be
           made
           a
           
             Dominican
             Fryer
          
           forsooth
           ,
           under
           the
           
             Pompous
             Title
          
           of
           PADRE
           OTTOMANO
           .
        
      
       
         
         
           THE
           STORY
           OF
           MAHOMED
           BEI
           ,
           Who
           calls
           Himself
           Ioannes
           Michael
           Cigala
           ;
           Being
           at
           the
           Writing
           hereof
           in
           the
           COURT
           of
           ENGLAND
           ;
           Where
           this
           Second
           Impostor
           was
           first
           DELATED
           .
        
         
           THe
           better
           to
           acquaint
           our
           Reader
           with
           the
           successful
           Impudence
           of
           this
           famous
           Impostor
           ,
           he
           is
           to
           understand
           ,
           that
           this
           Rodomontade
           had
           lately
           publish'd
           a
           Book
           ,
           at
           his
           being
           not
           long-since
           
           in
           France
           ,
           to
           which
           he
           had
           procur'd
           the
           French
           Kings
           Licence
           ,
           with
           all
           the
           Formalities
           of
           it
           ,
           which
           he
           Intitles
           ,
           
             The
             History
             of
             Mahomet
             Bei
          
           ,
           or
           
             Iohn
             Michel
             de
             Cigala
             ,
             Prince
          
           of
           the
           
             Imperial
             Blood
          
           of
           the
           Ottomans
           ;
           to
           which
           he
           annexes
           other
           his
           
             Dignities
             ,
             Bassa
          
           and
           Soveraign
           Plenipotentiary
           of
           Ierusalem
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           Kingdome
           of
           
             Cyprus
             ,
             Trebizond
          
           ,
           &c.
           
           Dedicated
           to
           the
           
             French
             King
          
           with
           a
           Front
           of
           steele
           .
        
         
           In
           this
           Treatise
           ,
           or
           rather
           Romance
           of
           his
           Knight-errantry
           ,
           he
           sums
           up
           the
           Antiquity
           of
           the
           Family
           of
           Cigala
           ,
           which
           he
           extracts
           out
           of
           several
           grave
           and
           sober
           Authors
           ;
           Intituling
           it
           to
           most
           of
           the
           
             Royal
             Houses
          
           and
           Crown'd-Heads
           of
           Europe
           ;
           making
           himself
           at
           last
           to
           be
           descended
           from
           Scipio
           ,
           Son
           of
           the
           famous
           
             Vicount
             de
             Cigala
          
           ,
           who
           was
           taken
           Prisoner
           by
           the
           
             Turkes
             Anno
          
           1561
           ,
           after
           that
           signal
           Battel
           and
           Victory
           of
           the
           great
           
             Andrea●
             Oria.
          
           This
           Scipio
           ,
           being
           now
           a
           Captive
           with
           his
           Father
           ,
           and
           perswaded
           to
           renounce
           the
           Faith
           ,
           was
           ,
           as
           he
           pretends
           ,
           advanc'd
           to
           the
           Dignity
           and
           Charge
           of
           
             Grand
             Visier
          
           ,
           by
           Solyman
           the
           Magnificent
           ,
           under
           the
           new
           name
           of
           
             Sinan
             Bassa
          
           ;
           after
           that
           honour
           ,
           he
           
           was
           made
           prime
           Aga
           ,
           or
           Generalissimo
           of
           the
           Ianizaries
           ;
           then
           Seraschier
           or
           General
           of
           the
           whole
           Army
           ;
           sometimes
           higher
           ,
           and
           sometimes
           lower
           ;
           and
           at
           last
           again
           
             First
             Visier
          
           ,
           and
           Second
           Bassa
           of
           the
           Port
           ,
           and
           had
           above
           all
           this
           preferred
           to
           him
           in
           Marriage
           several
           great
           Ladies
           ,
           whom
           he
           names
           ,
           and
           amongst
           the
           rest
           ,
           
             Canou
             Salie
             Sultana
          
           ,
           daughter
           of
           
             Sultan
             Achmet
          
           ,
           sister
           of
           Osman
           ,
           and
           
             Sultan
             Amurad
          
           (
           who
           took
           Babyl●n
           )
           and
           of
           Ibrahim
           father
           to
           the
           Emperour
           now
           reigning
           .
        
         
           From
           this
           illustrious
           Mother
           our
           Bei
           deriving
           himself
           ,
           he
           goes
           on
           to
           relate
           the
           Story
           of
           his
           Princely
           Education
           under
           the
           Mufti
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           strange
           and
           prodigious
           Accidents
           that
           advanc'd
           him
           first
           to
           Tephlici
           or
           Vice-Roy
           of
           the
           Holy-Land
           ,
           where
           we
           have
           the
           miraculous
           Dream
           and
           Vision
           ,
           and
           the
           assistance
           of
           the
           good
           Hermite
           ,
           and
           his
           own
           
             Christian
             Physitian
          
           ,
           by
           which
           he
           became
           converted
           to
           the
           Faith
           ,
           and
           diverted
           from
           his
           Sacrilegious
           purpose
           of
           plundering
           the
           Chappels
           of
           the
           
             Holy
             Sepulchers
          
           in
           Ierusalem
           of
           the
           
             Silver
             Lamps
          
           ,
           and
           other
           sacred
           Treasure
           ,
           which
           he
           reports
           to
           be
           there
           in
           great
           
           abundance
           ;
           but
           that
           still
           dissembling
           his
           Profession
           ,
           he
           got
           to
           be
           advanc'd
           to
           the
           Government
           of
           
             Cyprus
             ,
             &c.
          
           
           Here
           he
           acquaints
           the
           Reader
           how
           he
           came
           to
           be
           made
           absolute
           Commander
           of
           all
           the
           Forces
           design'd
           against
           Candy
           ;
           and
           that
           being
           of
           the
           first
           who
           entred
           that
           City
           ,
           he
           privately
           heard
           ,
           and
           assisted
           at
           Mass
           ,
           deliver'd
           many
           
             Christian
             Slaves
             ,
             &c.
          
           
           Hence
           ,
           after
           two
           years
           Gallantry
           ,
           and
           notorious
           Exploits
           ,
           (
           which
           no
           man
           ever
           heard
           of
           but
           himself
           )
           the
           succeeding
           Emperor
           constituted
           him
           Soveraign
           of
           
             Babylon
             ,
             Caramania
             ,
             Magnesia
          
           ,
           and
           divers
           other
           ample
           Territories
           .
           In
           his
           Iourney
           about
           these
           Governments
           another
           Miracle
           confirms
           him
           at
           Iconium
           ,
           by
           the
           wonderful
           Iuster
           of
           an
           inclosed
           Host
           ,
           in
           which
           a
           splendid
           Child
           appear'd
           through
           the
           Chest
           or
           Cabinet
           of
           a
           certain
           
             Christian
             Woman
          
           that
           had
           procur'd
           and
           lock'd
           up
           a
           
             consecrated
             Water
          
           ,
           for
           fear
           of
           her
           jealous
           and
           unbelieving
           Husband
           ;
           to
           this
           adding
           the
           Phaenomenon
           of
           no
           less
           than
           nine
           extraordinary
           and
           refulgent
           Stars
           ,
           which
           appear'd
           for
           divers
           nights
           over
           a
           place
           where
           certain
           Christians
           had
           lately
           been
           Martyr'd
           .
           Coming
           back
           from
           
           Iconium
           to
           Candy
           a
           second
           time
           ,
           he
           communicates
           his
           resolution
           of
           openly
           declaring
           his
           Conversion
           ,
           and
           consequently
           of
           quitting
           his
           high
           Employments
           :
           But
           the
           poor
           Iesuit
           (
           his
           
             Ghostly
             Father
          
           )
           unhappily
           dies
           before
           it
           could
           be
           accomplished
           ,
           and
           so
           ,
           as
           Fate
           would
           have
           it
           ,
           does
           that
           other
           intimate
           Confident
           of
           his
           designs
           ,
           
             Lazaro
             Moccenigo
          
           ,
           the
           
             Venetian
             General
          
           .
           Upon
           this
           disaster
           our
           illustrious
           Bei
           conveys
           himself
           again
           to
           Constantinople
           ,
           where
           he
           is
           made
           Vice-Roy
           of
           Trabisond
           ,
           and
           Generalissimo
           of
           the
           
             Black
             Sea
          
           in
           order
           to
           his
           purpos'd
           retreat
           .
           Upon
           the
           confines
           of
           this
           it
           was
           ,
           that
           he
           trusts
           a
           vast
           Treasure
           of
           
             Iewels
             ,
             &c.
          
           to
           a
           great
           Person
           whom
           he
           had
           Redeemed
           out
           of
           Slavery
           from
           the
           Tartars
           ,
           and
           dispatch'd
           before
           him
           into
           Moldavia
           ,
           which
           was
           the
           Rendezvous
           agreed
           upon
           ,
           and
           where
           he
           had
           appointed
           to
           meet
           him
           upon
           the
           first
           opportunity
           of
           totally
           renouncing
           the
           
             Grand
             Signiors
          
           Service
           ,
           to
           declare
           himself
           the
           Christian
           ,
           which
           he
           had
           hitherto
           but
           disguiz'd
           .
           Chamonsi
           (
           for
           so
           was
           this
           Confidents
           name
           )
           in
           stead
           of
           receiving
           his
           Friend
           and
           Benefactor
           at
           the
           place
           
           design'd
           ,
           plotted
           with
           the
           Governour
           of
           Moldavia
           to
           have
           perfidiously
           surprized
           and
           slain
           him
           ;
           but
           our
           
             Don
             Herchio
             Bei
          
           ,
           after
           wondrous
           proofs
           of
           his
           valour
           ,
           and
           giving
           death
           to
           almost
           all
           that
           oppos'd
           him
           ,
           escapes
           their
           hands
           ,
           though
           extreamly
           wounded
           ;
           In
           this
           plight
           ,
           he
           meets
           with
           a
           poor
           Shepherd
           ,
           with
           whom
           he
           changes
           his
           
             Princely
             Robes
          
           for
           the
           Shepherds
           Gray
           Coat
           ,
           and
           travels
           on
           his
           ten-toes
           a
           tedious
           and
           unknown
           way
           for
           many
           days
           together
           .
           In
           this
           unfortunate
           Encounter
           it
           was
           that
           he
           lost
           his
           faithful
           Counsellour
           ,
           another
           Iesuite
           ,
           and
           all
           his
           glorious
           Retinue
           ,
           who
           were
           every
           one
           of
           them
           kill'd
           upon
           the
           Spot
           ,
           save
           one
           poor
           honest
           Iew
           ,
           and
           in
           this
           lamentable
           condition
           came
           our
           devout
           Prince
           on
           Foot
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           Snow
           to
           the
           Cossaque
           Army
           ,
           then
           in
           hostility
           against
           the
           Muscovite
           ,
           amongst
           whom
           he
           found
           three
           Souldiers
           that
           he
           had
           formerly
           freed
           from
           
             Turkish
             Captivity
          
           .
           These
           were
           the
           first
           who
           made
           his
           Quality
           known
           to
           their
           Chief
           ,
           by
           whom
           he
           was
           civilly
           treated
           ,
           and
           p●●swaded
           to
           honour
           Muscovy
           with
           his
           intended
           Baptism
           :
           But
           our
           Prince
           designing
           from
           
           the
           beginning
           to
           make
           his
           solemn
           Profession
           at
           Rome
           ,
           and
           receive
           that
           Sacrament
           from
           his
           Holiness's
           own
           hands
           ,
           the
           Captain
           being
           ,
           it
           seems
           ,
           a
           Schismatick
           ,
           and
           of
           another
           Church
           ,
           neglects
           and
           despises
           him
           ,
           whom
           he
           had
           hitherto
           so
           generously
           treated
           .
           Upon
           this
           the
           Prince
           steals
           secretly
           away
           from
           the
           Cossaques
           ,
           and
           by
           the
           assistance
           of
           another
           vertuous
           Iew
           ,
           (
           who
           likewise
           knew
           him
           )
           he
           at
           last
           got
           safe
           into
           Poland
           ,
           where
           the
           then
           
             Queen
             ,
             Lovize
             de
             Gonzagues
          
           ,
           hearing
           the
           report
           of
           his
           approach
           ,
           and
           illustrious
           quality
           ,
           receives
           him
           (
           as
           himself
           relates
           it
           )
           with
           infinite
           respect
           ;
           and
           ,
           in
           fine
           ,
           prevails
           with
           him
           to
           honour
           the
           Cathedral
           of
           Warsovia
           with
           his
           Baptism
           ,
           which
           is
           perform'd
           by
           the
           Archhishop
           of
           the
           place
           ,
           the
           Queen
           her self
           standing
           at
           the
           Font
           ,
           and
           giving
           the
           name
           of
           Iohn
           ,
           to
           our
           
             Cousen
             German
          
           of
           the
           
             Ottoman
             Emperour
          
           :
           Here
           we
           have
           a
           Relation
           of
           the
           extraordinary
           Pomp
           of
           that
           Ceremonie
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           of
           that
           of
           his
           Confirmation
           which
           dignified
           him
           with
           another
           Name
           .
        
         
           Taking
           now
           leave
           of
           Warsovia
           he
           travels
           towards
           Lauretto
           in
           Pilgrimage
           
           to
           our
           Lady
           ;
           From
           thence
           he
           goes
           to
           Rome
           ;
           at
           first
           ●ncognito
           ,
           making
           himself
           known
           on●●●
           to
           〈◊〉
           Sa●ctity
           ,
           with
           a
           brief
           recapitulation
           of
           his
           ●●ventures
           .
           This
           was
           to
           Alexander
           〈◊〉
           VIIth
           ,
           whose
           Benediction
           〈◊〉
           ,
           he
           returns
           into
           Poland
           again
           to
           〈◊〉
           and
           pay
           his
           duty
           to
           his
           Royal
           God-mother
           .
           In
           this
           journey
           he
           was
           known
           to
           divers
           great
           Persons
           travelling
           through
           Germany
           ,
           especially
           to
           the
           famous
           
             N.
             Serini
          
           ,
           and
           this
           being
           at
           a
           time
           when
           the
           Emperour
           was
           at
           difference
           with
           the
           Turk
           ,
           our
           Hero
           could
           not
           but
           shew
           some
           marks
           of
           his
           Courage
           ,
           and
           affection
           to
           the
           Cause
           he
           had
           espoused
           ,
           which
           he
           now
           signalizes
           ,
           in
           not
           onely
           offering
           himself
           a
           Voluntier
           ,
           but
           by
           fighting
           hand
           to
           hand
           with
           the
           
             Turkish
             General
          
           himself
           ,
           whom
           he
           kill'd
           upon
           the
           Spot
           before
           both
           the
           Armies
           ,
           performing
           other
           stupendous
           Exploits
           ,
           which
           would
           have
           seem'd
           incredible
           had
           not
           himself
           related
           it
           .
        
         
           For
           this
           ,
           and
           other
           his
           egregious
           services
           ,
           his
           
             Imperial
             Majestie
          
           after
           a
           thousand
           Caresses
           and
           Presents
           of
           infinite
           value
           ,
           creates
           him
           
             Captain
             Guardian
          
           of
           his
           Artillery
           ,
           and
           't
           is
           a
           wonder
           how
           he
           
           escap'd
           the
           
             Golden
             Fleece
          
           .
           But
           nothing
           of
           all
           this
           would
           prevail
           with
           him
           to
           stay
           longer
           at
           Vienna
           .
           For
           the
           Peace
           being
           now
           concluded
           ,
           he
           returns
           incognito
           to
           Lauretta
           again
           ,
           thence
           makes
           an
           excursion
           into
           Sicily
           to
           visit
           some
           Aliances
           and
           great
           kindred
           ,
           which
           he
           had
           living
           there
           .
           Excessive
           are
           the
           Complements
           and
           Presents
           which
           he
           received
           from
           the
           great
           Princes
           of
           Germany
           and
           Italy
           in
           this
           Progress
           .
           Arriv'd
           in
           
             Sicily
             ,
             Don
             Pedro
             d'
             Arragon
          
           receives
           and
           treats
           him
           in
           his
           Palace
           ,
           and
           the
           whole
           City
           of
           Messina
           meet
           and
           attend
           him
           ,
           acknowledging
           him
           of
           the
           illustrious
           house
           of
           the
           Cigala's
           ,
           from
           which
           that
           Countrey
           had
           ,
           it
           seems
           ,
           received
           many
           great
           Benefits
           .
           From
           Sicily
           he
           passes
           through
           Calabria
           towards
           Rome
           again
           ,
           visiting
           divers
           of
           his
           Friends
           and
           Kindred
           in
           the
           way
           ,
           and
           arriving
           at
           Naples
           has
           done
           him
           the
           same
           honors
           of
           the
           Vice-roy
           and
           Nobility
           there
           ,
           and
           so
           by
           Sea
           imbarks
           for
           Rome
           ,
           into
           which
           he
           now
           makes
           his
           
             publike
             Entry
          
           ,
           and
           obtain'd
           Audience
           accordingly
           of
           Clement
           the
           IXth
           ,
           before
           whom
           in
           a
           bravado
           he
           draws
           and
           flourishes
           his
           dreadful
           Cimeter
           ,
           in
           token
           of
           
           his
           defiance
           of
           the
           Enemies
           of
           the
           Church
           .
           Here
           it
           is
           you
           have
           him
           received
           ,
           and
           presented
           by
           the
           Pope
           ,
           the
           Nephew
           ,
           the
           
             Cardinals
             ,
             Ambassadors
          
           ,
           and
           in
           summe
           by
           all
           the
           Nobility
           of
           this
           Mistress
           of
           the
           World
           ;
           till
           resolving
           to
           bless
           France
           with
           his
           Presence
           ,
           touching
           a
           little
           at
           Venice
           and
           Turino
           ,
           he
           at
           last
           arrives
           at
           Paris
           ,
           where
           he
           was
           received
           of
           that
           great
           Monarch
           ,
           who
           no
           sooner
           hears
           of
           his
           Arrival
           ,
           but
           he
           forthwith
           commands
           the
           Duke
           of
           St.
           Agnan
           with
           Coaches
           and
           an
           Equipage
           sutable
           to
           this
           princely
           Guest
           ,
           and
           to
           introduce
           this
           glorious
           stranger
           .
           The
           King
           receives
           him
           according
           to
           his
           high
           Quality
           ,
           so
           nearly
           related
           to
           his
           antient
           Allie
           the
           Turk
           ;
           and
           so
           does
           Monsieur
           the
           Dauphin
           ,
           his
           Altess-Royal
           ,
           and
           all
           the
           Grandees
           of
           that
           Court
           ,
           not
           forgetting
           the
           
             Grand
             Prior
          
           ,
           and
           to
           be
           sure
           ,
           the
           Knights
           of
           Malta
           ,
           &c.
           a
           Palace
           being
           assign'd
           him
           ,
           and
           at
           last
           a
           Present
           made
           him
           ,
           no
           less
           than
           two
           Chains
           of
           Gold
           (
           they
           should
           have
           been
           doubtless
           something
           else
           )
           with
           the
           King
           and
           Queens
           Effigies
           Medalized
           at
           his
           taking
           leave
           of
           that
           Kingdom
           .
        
         
           Thus
           far
           goes
           the
           printed
           Relation
           
           of
           our
           Errant
           ,
           I
           had
           almost
           said
           ,
           
             Recreant
             Knight
          
           ,
           with
           the
           Elogies
           Latine
           and
           French
           ,
           which
           prepare
           the
           Reader
           for
           the
           Wonders
           and
           Adventures
           of
           his
           Life
           .
        
         
           But
           now
           if
           upon
           Examination
           of
           all
           this
           Geer
           and
           enormous
           Rhapsody
           ,
           we
           take
           the
           boldness
           to
           deplume
           our
           Gallant
           of
           his
           mutuatitious
           and
           borrow'd
           Feathers
           ;
           and
           that
           our
           
             Ottoman
             Prince
          
           ,
           who
           has
           brav'd
           it
           so
           long
           and
           so
           successfully
           amongst
           the
           Birds
           of
           Feather
           ,
           shall
           prove
           at
           last
           but
           a
           Iack-daw
           .
        
         
           Spectatum
           admissirisum
           teneatis
           ,
           amici
           ?
        
         
           This
           impudent
           Vagabond
           then
           ,
           and
           pretended
           
             Mahound
             Bei
          
           ,
           that
           has
           indeed
           abused
           the
           French
           King
           ,
           and
           believ'd
           he
           should
           have
           done
           the
           same
           to
           his
           Majestie
           of
           England
           ,
           is
           in
           fine
           a
           Natives
           of
           Walachia
           ,
           born
           of
           Christian
           Parents
           in
           the
           City
           of
           Trogovisti
           :
           They
           were
           formerly
           very
           opulent
           and
           well
           to
           pass
           ,
           and
           his
           Father
           in
           good
           esteem
           with
           the
           Prince
           
             Matthias
             Vaivoda
          
           of
           Moldavia
           .
           His
           Father
           dying
           ,
           our
           pretended
           Cigala
           was
           taken
           into
           the
           Service
           of
           the
           Prince
           ,
           as
           his
           Father
           had
           
           been
           before
           him
           ,
           and
           sent
           in
           the
           Retinue
           of
           his
           Resident
           to
           Constantinople
           about
           
             twenty
             years
          
           since
           ;
           After
           some
           time
           spent
           there
           ,
           he
           returns
           into
           his
           Countrey
           ,
           where
           he
           grew
           intimately
           acquainted
           with
           a
           
             married
             Priest
          
           (
           as
           in
           that
           place
           they
           are
           permitted
           to
           be
           )
           and
           made
           love
           to
           his
           Wife
           ;
           but
           the
           Woman
           ,
           the
           better
           to
           colour
           and
           conceal
           the
           familiarity
           and
           courtship
           that
           was
           between
           them
           ,
           makes
           her
           Husband
           believe
           he
           had
           a
           kindness
           for
           her
           daughter
           ,
           and
           in
           so
           honorable
           and
           decent
           a
           way
           ,
           that
           the
           simple
           man
           believes
           her
           ,
           and
           entertaining
           him
           more
           like
           a
           Domestique
           now
           than
           a
           Lover
           ,
           suffers
           him
           even
           to
           govern
           his
           little
           Family
           .
           But
           it
           seems
           our
           rampant
           Amoroso
           could
           not
           so
           govern
           himself
           ,
           but
           the
           Priest
           began
           to
           suspect
           and
           discover
           his
           Villany
           ;
           for
           either
           he
           did
           ,
           or
           would
           have
           lain
           with
           both
           Mother
           and
           Daughter
           .
        
         
           Upon
           this
           he
           is
           complained
           of
           to
           the
           Vaivoda
           ,
           who
           sought
           all
           means
           possible
           to
           have
           apprehended
           and
           executed
           him
           according
           to
           their
           Law
           ;
           and
           that
           not
           only
           for
           this
           his
           Inhospitable
           Crime
           ;
           but
           for
           sundry
           other
           most
           notorious
           delicts
           and
           misdemeanors
           ,
           of
           which
           he
           
           had
           been
           formerly
           convicted
           .
           But
           ,
           it
           seems
           ,
           having
           timely
           notice
           of
           it
           ,
           he
           gets
           away
           again
           to
           Constantinople
           ,
           where
           he
           remained
           till
           the
           decease
           of
           Prince
           Matthias
           ,
           after
           which
           he
           comes
           back
           impudently
           into
           Walacria
           again
           ,
           thinking
           all
           had
           been
           now
           forgotten
           ,
           and
           that
           by
           some
           Address
           or
           other
           ,
           he
           might
           procure
           to
           be
           receiv'd
           amongst
           the
           
             Great
             men
          
           of
           his
           Countrey
           ;
           but
           when
           upon
           some
           Attempts
           that
           he
           made
           ,
           he
           perceived
           they
           had
           discovered
           who
           he
           was
           ,
           and
           would
           have
           laid
           hold
           on
           him
           ,
           and
           chastiz'd
           him
           for
           his
           former
           Insolencies
           ;
           to
           Constantinople
           he
           retires
           a
           third
           time
           ,
           where
           despairing
           after
           a
           while
           of
           his
           designs
           at
           home
           ,
           he
           makes
           himself
           Turk
           ,
           and
           turns
           perfect
           Renegado
           .
        
         
           Since
           these
           Exploits
           he
           has
           rang'd
           from
           place
           to
           place
           about
           Christendom
           ,
           and
           in
           Countries
           where
           he
           was
           wholly
           unknown
           ,
           with
           that
           
             specious
             story
          
           ,
           or
           rather
           monstrous
           Imposture
           of
           his
           being
           so
           nearly
           related
           to
           the
           present
           
             Grand
             Signior
          
           ,
           and
           the
           dignities
           and
           charges
           he
           has
           quitted
           for
           the
           love
           of
           Christ
           ;
           by
           which
           he
           has
           rom'd
           about
           the
           World
           ,
           been
           caress'd
           and
           really
           presented
           by
           divers
           
           great
           Persons
           ,
           and
           especially
           by
           the
           
             French
             King
          
           ,
           &c.
           
           With
           this
           Confidence
           and
           Expectation
           he
           came
           lately
           into
           England
           ,
           had
           the
           fore-head
           to
           present
           himself
           ,
           and
           the
           Legend
           of
           his
           Life
           to
           his
           Majestie
           .
           Frequented
           the
           Court
           in
           his
           
             Ottoman
             Garb
          
           and
           Eastern-mode
           ,
           till
           a
           Person
           of
           
             Great
             Quality
          
           ,
           who
           had
           seen
           him
           the
           
             Last
             year
          
           at
           Vienna
           in
           Austria
           (
           where
           he
           durst
           pretend
           to
           nothing
           of
           all
           this
           )
           del●ted
           the
           Imposture
           ,
           and
           a
           
             Persian
             Gentleman
          
           lately
           a
           Stranger
           ,
           and
           by
           meer
           accident
           here
           at
           that
           time
           ,
           confirms
           this
           Relation
           of
           him
           ,
           from
           whose
           mouth
           we
           receiv'd
           it
           ,
           together
           with
           this
           Account
           of
           the
           illustrious
           Family
           of
           the
           Cigala
           ,
           which
           with
           a
           few
           Reflections
           upon
           some
           Passages
           of
           the
           Pamphlet
           we
           mention'd
           (
           which
           does
           abundantly
           discover
           this
           audacious
           Hypocrite
           )
           shall
           dispatch
           this
           
             second
             Impostor
          
           .
        
         
           
             SINEN
             BASSA
          
           otherwise
           called
           CIGALA
           ,
           had
           but
           two
           sons
           ,
           Grand-children
           of
           
             Sultan
             Soliman
          
           :
           The
           Eldest
           son
           of
           Sinen
           was
           named
           Alii
           ;
           the
           second
           
             Mahomed
             :
             Alii
          
           deceas'd
           after
           his
           Father
           .
           Sinen
           a
           little
           since
           ,
           and
           the
           
           second
           remained
           alive
           .
           This
           Mahomed
           married
           the
           Sisters
           daughter
           of
           
             Sultan
             Mahomed
          
           about
           the
           year
           of
           their
           Hegira
           1003
           and
           of
           our
           Aera
           1594
           of
           which
           Daughter
           he
           had
           born
           a
           son
           called
           also
           Mahomed
           after
           the
           Name
           of
           his
           Father
           .
           This
           Youth
           was
           of
           a
           singular
           good
           
             disposition
             ,
             ingenious
          
           ,
           and
           of
           a
           sprit-full
           Wit
           ,
           without
           great
           Ambition
           ,
           or
           affecting
           of
           Command
           ,
           but
           add●cted
           rather
           to
           the
           
             sof●er
             pleasures
          
           of
           life
           ,
           and
           was
           in
           summe
           ,
           the
           Darling
           both
           of
           
             Sultan
             Mahomet
          
           ,
           and
           Achmet
           ,
           and
           indeed
           of
           all
           that
           succe●ded
           in
           the
           Empire
           to
           the
           Reign
           of
           
             Sultan
             Mahomed
             Han
          
           the
           present
           
             Grand
             Signior
          
           ,
           who
           called
           him
           
             Gioran
             Capuci
             Pasha
          
           ,
           a
           Title
           the
           Emperor
           usually
           bestows
           on
           those
           who
           are
           dignified
           with
           the
           Office
           of
           
             secret
             Porters
          
           of
           the
           Seraglio
           ,
           and
           whose
           charge
           it
           is
           to
           attend
           upon
           all
           extraordinary
           Occasions
           ,
           and
           that
           are
           sometimes
           dispatch'd
           to
           
             cut
             off
          
           the
           Head
           of
           a
           Visier
           ,
           or
           Bassa
           ,
           and
           such
           signal
           Executions
           .
        
         
           This
           
             Capuci
             Pasha
          
           we
           find
           afterward
           made
           General
           in
           Candia
           ,
           and
           by
           degrees
           ascended
           to
           be
           
             Grand
             Visier
          
           ,
           but
           he
           enjoys
           not
           that
           honor
           long
           ;
           for
           he
           died
           
           in
           that
           War
           about
           fifteen
           or
           sixteen
           years
           since
           .
        
         
           This
           is
           what
           we
           can
           yet
           discover
           concerning
           Sinen
           ,
           otherwise
           ,
           Cigala
           .
           But
           there
           is
           indeed
           besides
           This
           ,
           another
           very
           noble
           Family
           of
           the
           Cigala's
           about
           Scio
           :
           Who
           are
           ,
           't
           is
           believ'd
           ,
           a
           Branch
           of
           the
           Race
           of
           the
           Genoveses
           ,
           and
           who
           are
           at
           present
           called
           at
           
             Scio
             ,
             Cigal
             Ogli
          
           ,
           which
           imports
           as
           much
           to
           say
           as
           son
           of
           Cigali
           ,
           or
           sons
           of
           
             Meni
             Pasha
             C●gala
          
           .
        
         
           This
           
             Meni
             Pasha
          
           had
           two
           sons
           that
           arriv'd
           both
           to
           be
           Bassa's
           and
           Captains
           of
           Gallies
           ;
           One
           of
           which
           was
           called
           
             Beker
             Pasha
          
           ,
           the
           other
           
             Holein
             Bassa
             .
             Beker
          
           died
           some
           while
           since
           ,
           and
           Holein
           is
           yet
           ,
           I
           suppose
           ,
           living
           :
           It
           is
           not
           believed
           that
           our
           Impostor
           
             Mahomed
             Bei
          
           is
           brother
           to
           Holein
           ,
           as
           he
           somewhere
           boasts
           himself
           ;
           because
           it
           is
           against
           all
           appearance
           of
           truth
           ;
           Neither
           is
           it
           probable
           ,
           that
           though
           some
           of
           the
           Cigali
           might
           be
           Merchants
           ,
           that
           therefore
           any
           of
           them
           should
           go
           into
           Ch●istendom
           to
           change
           their
           Religion
           ,
           and
           renounce
           a
           Government
           so
           great
           and
           glorious
           as
           that
           of
           being
           sole
           Moderator
           of
           the
           whole
           
             Ottoman
             Empire
          
           
           (
           for
           to
           no
           less
           does
           this
           Impost●r
           pretend
           )
           without
           that
           ever
           we
           should
           hear
           of
           it
           but
           from
           his
           own
           Trumpet
           .
           If
           conjecture
           may
           be
           admitted
           in
           this
           case
           ,
           how
           this
           Braggadocio
           comes
           to
           assume
           the
           name
           of
           Cigala
           ,
           't
           is
           possible
           his
           Fathers
           name
           may
           be
           found
           to
           have
           been
           Cigo
           ;
           which
           founding
           near
           that
           of
           Cigala
           ,
           might
           prompt
           him
           to
           usurp
           the
           Title
           of
           that
           
             Illustrious
             House
          
           .
        
         
           There
           are
           innumerable
           Instances
           throughout
           his
           Legend
           which
           fall
           under
           the
           same
           suspicion
           ;
           some
           whereof
           are
           notorious
           Falsities
           ,
           divers
           of
           them
           Incongruous
           and
           contradictory
           ;
           and
           if
           there
           were
           no
           other
           than
           that
           of
           his
           egregious
           ignorance
           in
           the
           
             Turk●sh
             Language
          
           (
           which
           he
           pretends
           to
           be
           his
           
             Maternal
             Tongue
          
           ,
           but
           blatters
           very
           imperfectly
           )
           besides
           his
           gross
           unskilfulness
           in
           the
           
             Ottoman
             Court
          
           and
           
             Oriental
             Affairs
          
           ,
           it
           were
           sufficient
           to
           disabuse
           the
           World
           ,
           and
           to
           brand
           him
           for
           a
           most
           impudent
           Impostor
           .
        
         
           
           
             Some
             Passages
             out
             of
             his
             Book
             animadverted
             .
          
           
             Page
             14.
             
             That
             the
             
               Vicount
               Cigala
            
             dying
             in
             Constantinople
             in
             the
             time
             of
             his
             Captivity
             ,
             his
             funeral
             was
             openly
             solemniz'd
             by
             permission
             of
             Solyman
             ;
             his
             Corps
             publiquely
             carried
             through
             the
             Town
             with
             the
             Cross
             and
             Holy-Water
             ,
             followed
             and
             accompanied
             by
             all
             the
             Ambassadors
             of
             Christian
             Princes
             then
             at
             the
             Port
             ,
             and
             all
             the
             
               Religious
               Orders
            
             of
             the
             City
             to
             the
             Church
             of
             Saint
             Francis
             ,
             where
             he
             was
             interred
             according
             to
             the
             Forms
             of
             Christian
             Burial
             ;
             Almost
             every
             particular
             of
             which
             carries
             a
             notorious
             Confutation
             ,
             as
             all
             who
             understand
             any
             thing
             of
             that
             time
             and
             place
             do
             well
             know
             .
          
           
             
               Page
               1.
               
               Selim
            
             made
             
               Cipio
               Cigala
               Visier
            
             ,
             and
             second
             Bassa
             of
             the
             Port
             :
             Consider
             if
             this
             were
             likely
             ,
             that
             being
             a
             descent
             ;
             and
          
           
             Page
             21.
             
             Whether
             to
             be
             
               Captain
               Bassa
            
             be
             a
             greater
             honor
             than
             to
             be
             
               Prime
               Visier
            
             ?
          
           
           
             Page
             45.
             
             Whether
             the
             
               Grand
               Signior
            
             uses
             to
             permit
             any
             Officer
             to
             suspend
             Execution
             ,
             or
             use
             Ceremony
             in
             decollation
             ,
             when
             he
             is
             the
             highest
             incensed
             ?
          
           
             Page
             58.
             
             Whether
             there
             be
             any
             such
             Treasures
             of
             Plate
             ,
             &c.
             and
             other
             precious
             things
             among
             the
             poor
             Friers
             at
             the
             
               Holy
               Sepulchre
            
             in
             Ierusalem
             .
          
           
             Page
             86.
             
             Whether
             the
             Turks
             make
             use
             of
             any
             
               Christian
               Physicians
            
             ?
          
           
             Page
             90.
             
             Whether
             the
             War
             with
             〈◊〉
             Venetian
             was
             onely
             for
             the
             surprising
             of
             Ibrahims
             eldest
             son
             by
             the
             Knights
             of
             Malta
             with
             the
             Sultana
             his
             Mother
             ,
             as
             she
             went
             to
             have
             him
             Circumcised
             at
             Meca
             ?
             which
             we
             have
             already
             confuted
             ?
          
           
             Page
             112.
             
             'T
             is
             to
             be
             considered
             how
             timely
             he
             makes
             his
             two
             Iesuites
             and
             Maccenigo
             die
             ,
             the
             chief
             and
             onely
             
               authentique
               testimonies
            
             of
             his
             Conversion
             and
             pretended
             Exploits
             .
          
           
             Page
             150.
             
             That
             this
             happens
             to
             be
             
             known
             by
             none
             save
             two
             or
             three
             poor
             slaves
             ,
             and
             as
             many
             Iews
             ,
             neither
             of
             which
             appear
             with
             him
             .
          
           
             Page
             167.
             
             That
             he
             produces
             not
             his
             Story
             'till
             after
             the
             death
             of
             both
             the
             Queen
             of
             Poland
             his
             God-mother
             ,
             and
             ,
             I
             suppose
             ,
             the
             Archbishop
             too
             ,
             who
             he
             pretends
             to
             have
             baptiz'd
             him
             .
          
           
             Page
             167.
             
             The
             
               Captain
               Guardianship
            
             of
             the
             
               Emperors
               Artillery
            
             ,
             is
             ,
             (
             as
             we
             are
             informed
             )
             no
             more
             than
             Master
             of
             the
             Carriages
             ,
             which
             is
             all
             he
             had
             to
             produce
             here
             for
             his
             grand
             Diploma
             ,
             without
             a
             Word
             of
             any
             thing
             else
             to
             the
             purpose
             of
             the
             rest
             of
             his
             high
             Pretences
             .
          
        
      
       
         
         
           THE
           HISTORY
           OF
           SABATAI
           SEVI
           ,
           The
           Pretended
           Messiah
           of
           the
           Iewes
           ,
           In
           the
           Year
           of
           our
           Lord
           ,
           1666.
           
           The
           Third
           Impostor
           .
        
         
           ACcording
           to
           the
           Predictions
           of
           several
           Christian
           Writers
           ,
           especially
           of
           such
           who
           Comment
           on
           the
           Apocalyps
           ,
           or
           Revelations
           ,
           this
           Year
           of
           1666
           was
           to
           prove
           a
           Year
           of
           Wonders
           ,
           of
           strange
           Revolutions
           in
           the
           World
           ,
           and
           particularly
           of
           Blessing
           to
           the
           Iewes
           ,
           either
           in
           respect
           of
           their
           Conversion
           to
           the
           Christian
           Faith
           ,
           or
           of
           their
           Restoration
           to
           their
           
           Temporal
           Kingdome
           :
           This
           Opinion
           was
           so
           dilated
           ,
           and
           fixt
           in
           the
           Countreys
           of
           the
           Reformed
           Religion
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           Heads
           of
           Phanatical
           Enthusiasts
           ,
           who
           Dreamed
           of
           a
           Fift
           Monarchy
           ,
           the
           downfall
           of
           the
           Pope
           ,
           and
           Antichrist
           ,
           and
           the
           Greatness
           of
           the
           Iewes
           :
           In
           so
           much
           ,
           that
           this
           subtile
           People
           judged
           this
           Year
           the
           time
           to
           stir
           ,
           and
           to
           fit
           their
           Motion
           according
           to
           the
           season
           of
           the
           Modern
           Prophe●ies
           ;
           whereupon
           strange
           Reports
           flew
           from
           place
           to
           place
           ,
           of
           the
           March
           of
           Multitudes
           of
           People
           from
           unknown
           parts
           into
           the
           remote
           Desarts
           of
           Arabia
           ,
           supposed
           to
           be
           the
           
             Ten
             Tribes
          
           and
           halfe
           ,
           lost
           for
           so
           many
           Ages
           .
           That
           a
           Ship
           was
           arrived
           in
           the
           Northern
           parts
           of
           Scotland
           with
           her
           Sailes
           and
           Cordage
           of
           Silke
           ,
           Navigated
           by
           Mariners
           who
           spake
           nothing
           but
           Hebrew
           ;
           with
           this
           Motto
           on
           their
           Sailes
           ,
           
             The
             Twelve
             Tribes
             of
             Israel
          
           .
           These
           Reportes
           agreeing
           thus
           near
           to
           former
           Predictions
           ,
           put
           the
           wild
           sort
           of
           the
           World
           into
           an
           expectation
           of
           strange
           Accidents
           ,
           this
           year
           should
           produce
           in
           reference
           to
           the
           Iewish
           Monarchy
           .
        
         
           In
           this
           manner
           Millions
           of
           People
           
           were
           possessed
           ,
           when
           
             Sabatai
             Sevi
          
           first
           appear'd
           at
           Smyrna
           ,
           and
           published
           himself
           to
           the
           Iewes
           for
           their
           Messiah
           ,
           relating
           the
           greatness
           of
           their
           approaching
           Kingdome
           ,
           the
           strong
           hand
           whereby
           God
           was
           about
           to
           deliver
           them
           from
           Bondage
           ,
           and
           gather
           them
           from
           all
           partes
           of
           the
           World.
           It
           was
           strange
           to
           see
           how
           the
           fancy
           took
           ,
           and
           how
           fast
           the
           report
           of
           Sabatai
           and
           his
           Doctrine
           flew
           through
           all
           partes
           where
           Turkes
           and
           Iews
           inhabited
           ;
           the
           latter
           of
           which
           were
           so
           deeply
           possessed
           with
           a
           beliefe
           of
           their
           new
           Kingdome
           ,
           and
           Riches
           ,
           and
           many
           of
           them
           with
           promotion
           to
           Offices
           of
           Government
           ,
           Renown
           ,
           and
           Greatness
           ,
           that
           in
           all
           parts
           from
           Constantinople
           to
           Buda
           (
           which
           it
           was
           my
           fortune
           that
           year
           to
           Travel
           )
           I
           perceiv'd
           a
           strange
           transport
           in
           the
           Iewes
           ,
           none
           of
           them
           attending
           to
           any
           business
           unless
           to
           winde
           up
           former
           negotiations
           ,
           and
           to
           prepare
           themselves
           and
           Families
           for
           a
           Journey
           to
           Ierusalem
           :
           All
           their
           Discourses
           ,
           their
           Dreames
           ,
           and
           disposal
           of
           their
           Affaires
           tended
           to
           no
           other
           Design
           but
           a
           re-establishment
           in
           the
           Land
           of
           Promise
           ,
           to
           Greatness
           ,
           Glory
           ,
           Wisdome
           ,
           and
           Doctrine
           of
           the
           Messiah
           ,
           
           whose
           Original
           ,
           Birth
           ,
           and
           Education
           are
           first
           to
           be
           recounted
           .
        
         
           
             Sabatai
             Sevi
          
           was
           Son
           of
           
             Mordechai
             Sevi
          
           ,
           an
           Inhabitant
           ,
           and
           Natural
           of
           Smyrna
           ,
           who
           gained
           his
           Livelihood
           by
           being
           Broaker
           to
           an
           English
           Marchant
           in
           that
           place
           ;
           a
           person
           ,
           who
           before
           his
           death
           was
           very
           decrepit
           in
           his
           Body
           ,
           and
           full
           of
           the
           Goute
           ,
           and
           other
           Infirmities
           ,
           but
           his
           Son
           
             Sabatai
             Sevi
          
           addicting
           himself
           to
           Study
           ,
           became
           a
           notable
           Proficient
           in
           the
           Hebrew
           and
           Metaphysicks
           ;
           and
           arrived
           to
           that
           point
           of
           Sophistry
           in
           Divinity
           and
           Metaphysicks
           ,
           that
           he
           vented
           a
           New
           Doctrine
           in
           their
           Law
           ,
           drawing
           to
           the
           Profession
           of
           it
           so
           many
           Disciples
           ,
           as
           raised
           one
           day
           a
           Tumult
           in
           the
           Synagogue
           ;
           for
           which
           afterwards
           he
           was
           by
           a
           Censure
           of
           the
           Cho●hams
           (
           who
           are
           Expounders
           of
           the
           Law
           )
           banished
           the
           City
           .
        
         
           During
           the
           time
           of
           his
           Exile
           ,
           he
           ●ravelled
           to
           Thessalonica
           ,
           now
           called
           Salonica
           ,
           where
           he
           Marryed
           a
           very
           handsome
           Woman
           ;
           but
           either
           not
           having
           that
           part
           of
           Oeconomy
           as
           to
           govern
           a
           Wife
           ,
           or
           being
           Importent
           towards
           Women
           ,
           as
           was
           pretended
           ,
           or
           that
           she
           found
           not
           favour
           in
           his
           Eyes
           ,
           
           she
           was
           divorced
           from
           him
           :
           Again
           ,
           he
           took
           a
           second
           Wife
           ,
           more
           beautiful
           then
           the
           former
           ,
           but
           the
           same
           causes
           of
           discontent
           raising
           a
           difference
           between
           them
           ,
           he
           obtained
           another
           Divorce
           from
           this
           Wife
           also
           .
           And
           being
           now
           free
           from
           the
           Incumbrances
           of
           a
           Family
           ,
           his
           wandring
           Head
           mov'd
           him
           to
           Travel
           through
           the
           Morea
           ,
           thence
           to
           Tripoli
           in
           
             Syria
             ,
             Gaza
          
           ,
           and
           Ierusalem
           ;
           and
           by
           the
           way
           picked
           up
           a
           Ligernese
           Lady
           ,
           whom
           he
           made
           his
           third
           Wife
           ,
           the
           Daughter
           of
           some
           Polonian
           or
           German
           ,
           her
           Original
           and
           Parentage
           not
           being
           very
           well
           known
           .
           And
           being
           now
           at
           Ierusalem
           he
           began
           to
           Reforme
           the
           Law
           of
           the
           Iewes
           ,
           and
           Abolish
           the
           Fast
           of
           Tamnz
           (
           which
           they
           keep
           in
           the
           Moneth
           of
           Iune
           )
           and
           there
           meeting
           with
           a
           certain
           Iew
           called
           Nathan
           ,
           a
           proper
           Instrument
           to
           promote
           his
           Design
           ;
           he
           communicated
           to
           him
           his
           Condition
           ,
           his
           Course
           of
           Life
           ,
           and
           Intentions
           ,
           to
           Proclaime
           himself
           Messiah
           of
           the
           World
           ,
           so
           long
           expected
           and
           desired
           by
           the
           Iewes
           .
           This
           Design
           took
           wonderfully
           with
           Nathan
           ;
           and
           because
           it
           was
           thought
           necessary
           according
           to
           Scripture
           ,
           and
           Antient
           Prophesies
           ,
           
           that
           Elias
           was
           to
           precede
           the
           Messiah
           ,
           as
           St.
           
             Iohn
             Baptist
          
           was
           the
           fore-runner
           of
           
             Christ
             :
             Nathan
          
           thought
           no
           man
           so
           proper
           to
           Act
           the
           Part
           of
           the
           Prophet
           as
           himself
           ;
           and
           so
           no
           sooner
           had
           Sabatai
           declared
           himself
           the
           Messiah
           ,
           but
           Nathan
           discovers
           himself
           to
           be
           his
           Prophet
           ,
           forbiding
           all
           the
           Fasts
           of
           the
           Iewes
           in
           Ierusalem
           ;
           and
           declaring
           ,
           that
           the
           Bridegroom
           being
           come
           ,
           nothing
           but
           Joy
           ,
           and
           Triumph
           ought
           to
           dwell
           in
           their
           Habitations
           ;
           Writing
           to
           all
           the
           Assemblies
           of
           the
           Iewes
           ,
           to
           perswade
           them
           to
           the
           same
           beliefe
           .
        
         
           And
           now
           the
           Schisme
           being
           begun
           ,
           and
           many
           Iewes
           really
           believing
           what
           they
           so
           much
           desired
           ,
           Nathan
           took
           the
           courage
           and
           boldness
           to
           Prophesie
           ,
           That
           one
           Year
           from
           the
           27th
           of
           Kislen
           ,
           (
           which
           is
           the
           moneth
           of
           Iune
           )
           the
           Messiah
           shall
           appear
           before
           the
           
             Grand
             Signor
          
           ,
           &
           take
           from
           him
           his
           Crown
           ,
           and
           lead
           him
           in
           Chaines
           like
           a
           Captive
           .
        
         
           Sabatai
           also
           at
           Gaza
           Preached
           Repentance
           to
           the
           Iewes
           ,
           and
           Obedience
           to
           Himself
           and
           Doctrine
           ,
           for
           that
           the
           coming
           of
           the
           Messiah
           was
           at
           hand
           :
           which
           Novelties
           so
           Affected
           the
           Iewish
           
           Inhabitants
           of
           those
           partes
           ,
           that
           they
           gave
           up
           themselves
           wholly
           to
           their
           Prayers
           ,
           Almes
           ,
           and
           Devotions
           ;
           and
           to
           confirme
           this
           beliefe
           the
           more
           ,
           it
           hapned
           ,
           that
           at
           the
           same
           time
           that
           Newes
           hereof
           ,
           with
           all
           perticulars
           were
           dispatched
           from
           Gaza
           ,
           to
           acquaint
           the
           Brethren
           in
           Forrain
           Partes
           :
           The
           Rumour
           of
           the
           Messiah
           hath
           flown
           so
           swift
           ,
           and
           gained
           such
           reception
           ,
           that
           Intelligence
           came
           from
           all
           Partes
           and
           Countreys
           where
           the
           Iewes
           inhabit
           ,
           by
           Letters
           to
           Gaza
           ,
           and
           Ierusalem
           ,
           Congratulating
           the
           happiness
           of
           their
           Deliverance
           ,
           and
           expiration
           of
           the
           time
           of
           their
           Servitude
           ,
           by
           the
           Appearance
           of
           the
           Messiah
           .
           To
           which
           they
           adjoyned
           other
           Prophesies
           ,
           relating
           to
           that
           Dominion
           the
           Messiah
           was
           to
           have
           over
           all
           the
           World
           :
           that
           for
           Nine
           Moneths
           after
           he
           was
           to
           disappeare
           ;
           during
           which
           time
           the
           Iewes
           were
           to
           suffer
           ,
           and
           many
           of
           them
           to
           undergoe
           Martyrdom
           :
           but
           then
           returning
           again
           Mounted
           on
           a
           Caelestial
           Lyon
           ,
           with
           his
           Bridle
           made
           of
           Serpents
           with
           seven
           heads
           ,
           accompanyed
           with
           his
           Brethren
           the
           Iewes
           ,
           who
           Inhabited
           on
           the
           other
           side
           of
           the
           River
           Sabation
           ,
           he
           should
           be
           acknowledged
           
           for
           the
           Sole
           Monarch
           of
           the
           Universe
           ▪
           and
           then
           the
           
             Holy
             Temple
          
           should
           descend
           from
           Heaven
           already
           built
           ,
           framed
           ,
           and
           beautified
           ,
           wherein
           they
           should
           offer
           Sacrifice
           for
           ever
           .
        
         
           And
           here
           I
           leave
           you
           to
           consider
           ,
           how
           strangely
           this
           Deceived
           People
           was
           Amused
           ,
           when
           these
           Confident
           ,
           and
           vain
           Reports
           ,
           and
           Dreams
           of
           Power
           ,
           and
           Kingdomes
           ,
           had
           wholly
           transported
           them
           from
           the
           ordinary
           course
           of
           their
           Trade
           ,
           and
           Interest
           .
        
         
           This
           noise
           and
           rumour
           of
           the
           Messiah
           ,
           having
           begun
           to
           fill
           all
           places
           ,
           
             Sabatai
             Sevi
          
           resolved
           to
           Travel
           towards
           Smyrna
           ,
           the
           Country
           of
           his
           Nativity
           ;
           and
           thence
           to
           Constantinople
           the
           Capital
           City
           ,
           where
           the
           principal
           Work
           of
           Preaching
           was
           to
           have
           been
           performed
           :
           Nathan
           thought
           it
           not
           fit
           to
           be
           long
           after
           him
           ,
           and
           therefore
           Travels
           by
           the
           way
           of
           Damascus
           ,
           where
           resolving
           to
           continue
           some
           time
           for
           better
           Propagation
           of
           this
           Nes
           Doctrine
           ;
           in
           the
           meane
           while
           Writes
           this
           Letter
           to
           
             Sabatai
             Sevi
          
           ,
           as
           followeth
           .
        
         
           
             
             
               22.
               
               Kesvan
               of
               this
               YEAR
               .
            
             
               To
               the
               King
               ,
               our
               
                 King
                 ,
                 Lord
              
               of
               our
               Lords
               ,
               who
               gathers
               the
               Dispersed
               of
               Israel
               ,
               who
               Redeems
               our
               Captivity
               ,
               the
               Man
               elevated
               to
               the
               height
               of
               all
               sublimity
               ,
               the
               Messiah
               of
               the
               God
               of
               Jacob
               ,
               the
               true
               Messiah
               ,
               the
               
                 Coelestial
                 Lyon
                 ,
                 Sabatai
                 Sevi
              
               ,
               whose
               Honour
               be
               exalted
               ,
               and
               his
               Dominion
               raised
               in
               a
               short
               time
               ,
               and
               for
               ever
               ,
               Amen
               .
               After
               having
               kissed
               your
               hands
               ,
               and
               swept
               the
               Dust
               from
               your
               Feet
               ,
               as
               my
               Duty
               is
               to
               the
               King
               of
               Kings
               ,
               whose
               Majesty
               be
               exalted
               ,
               and
               his
               Empire
               enlarged
               .
               These
               are
               to
               make
               known
               to
               the
               Supreme
               Excellency
               of
               that
               Place
               ,
               which
               is
               adorned
               with
               the
               Beauty
               of
               your
               Sanctity
               ,
               that
               the
               Word
               of
               the
               King
               ,
               and
               of
               his
               Law
               ,
               hath
               enlightned
               our
               Faces
               :
               that
               day
               hath
               been
               a
               solemn
               day
               unto
               Israel
               ,
               and
               a
               day
               of
               light
               unto
               our
               Rulers
               ,
               for
               immediately
               we
               applyed
               our selves
               to
               performe
               y●ur
               Commands
               ,
               as
               our
               duty
               is
               .
               And
               though
               we
               have
               heard
               of
               many
               strange
               things
               ,
               
               yet
               we
               are
               couragious
               ,
               and
               our
               heart
               is
               as
               the
               heart
               of
               a
               Lyon
               ;
               nor
               ought
               we
               to
               enquire
               a
               reason
               of
               your
               Doings
               ,
               for
               your
               Workes
               are
               Marvellous
               ,
               and
               past
               finding
               out
               :
               And
               we
               are
               Confirmed
               in
               our
               Fidelity
               without
               all
               exception
               ,
               resigning
               up
               our
               very
               Souls
               for
               the
               holiness
               of
               your
               Name
               :
               And
               now
               we
               are
               come
               as
               far
               as
               Damascus
               ,
               intending
               shortly
               to
               proceed
               in
               our
               Iourney
               to
               Scanderone
               ,
               according
               as
               you
               have
               commanded
               us
               ;
               that
               so
               we
               may
               ascend
               ,
               and
               see
               the
               Face
               of
               God
               in
               light
               ,
               as
               the
               light
               of
               the
               Face
               of
               the
               King
               of
               Life
               :
               And
               we
               ,
               servants
               of
               your
               servants
               shall
               cleanse
               the
               dust
               from
               your
               Feet
               ,
               beseeching
               the
               Majesty
               of
               your
               Excellency
               and
               Glory
               to
               vouchsafe
               from
               your
               habitation
               to
               have
               a
               care
               of
               us
               ,
               and
               help
               us
               with
               the
               Force
               of
               your
               Right
               Hand
               of
               Strength
               ,
               and
               shorten
               our
               way
               which
               is
               before
               us
               :
               And
               we
               have
               our
               Eyes
               towards
               
                 Jah
                 ,
                 Jah
              
               ,
               who
               will
               make
               hast
               to
               help
               us
               ,
               and
               save
               us
               ,
               that
               the
               Children
               of
               Iniquity
               shall
               not
               hurt
               us
               ;
               and
               towards
               whom
               our
               hearts
               pant
               ,
               and
               are
               consumed
               within
               us
               ;
               who
               shall
               give
               us
               Tallons
               of
               Iron
               to
               be
               worthy
               to
               stand
               under
               the
               shadow
               of
               your
               Asse
               .
               These
               are
               the
               Words
               of
               the
               S●rvant
               of
               your
               
               servants
               ,
               who
               prostrates
               himself
               to
               betrod
               on
               by
               the
               soles
               of
               your
               feet
               ,
            
             
               Nathan
               Benjamine
               .
            
          
        
         
           And
           that
           he
           might
           Publish
           this
           Doctrine
           of
           himself
           ,
           and
           the
           Messiah
           more
           plainly
           ,
           he
           Wrote
           from
           Damascus
           this
           following
           Letter
           ,
           to
           the
           Iewes
           at
           Aleppo
           ,
           and
           parts
           the●eabouts
           .
        
         
           
             
               To
               the
               Residue
               or
               Remnant
               of
               the
               Israelites
               ,
               Peace
               without
               end
               .
            
             
               THese
               my
               words
               are
               ,
               to
               give
               you
               notice
               ,
               how
               that
               I
               am
               Arrived
               in
               Peace
               at
               Damascus
               ,
               and
               behold
               I
               go
               to
               meet
               the
               Face
               of
               our
               Lord
               ,
               whose
               Majesty
               be
               exalted
               ,
               for
               he
               is
               the
               Soveraign
               of
               the
               King
               of
               Kings
               ,
               whose
               Empire
               be
               enlarged
               .
               *
               According
               as
               he
               hath
               Commanded
               us
               and
               the
               12
               Tribes
               to
               elect
               unto
               Him
               12
               Men
               ,
               so
               have
               we
               done
               :
               
               And
               we
               now
               go
               to
               Scanderone
               by
               his
               command
               ,
               to
               sh●w
               our
               faces
               together
               ,
               with
               part
               of
               the
               principal
               of
               those
               particular
               Friends
               ▪
               to
               whom
               he
               hath
               given
               Licence
               to
               assemble
               in
               that
               same
               place
               .
               And
               now
               I
               come
               to
               make
               known
               unto
               you
               ,
               that
               though
               you
               have
               heard
               strange
               things
               of
               our
               Lord
               ,
               yet
               let
               not
               your
               hearts
               faint
               ,
               or
               fear
               ,
               but
               rather
               fortifie
               your selves
               in
               your
               Faith
               ,
               because
               all
               his
               Actions
               are
               Miraculous
               ,
               and
               Secret
               ,
               which
               Humane
               understanding
               cannot
               comprehend
               ,
               and
               who
               can
               penetrate
               into
               the
               depth
               of
               them
               .
               In
               a
               short
               time
               all
               things
               shall
               be
               Manifested
               to
               you
               clearly
               in
               their
               Purity
               :
               and
               you
               shall
               know
               ,
               and
               consider
               ,
               and
               be
               instructed
               by
               the
               Inventor
               himself
               ;
               Bl●ssed
               is
               he
               who
               can
               expect
               ,
               and
               arrive
               to
               the
               Salvation
               of
               the
               true
               Messiah
               ,
               who
               will
               speedily
               publish
               his
               Authority
               and
               Empire
               over
               us
               now
               ,
               and
               for
               ev●r
               .
            
             
               Nathan
               .
            
          
        
         
           And
           now
           all
           the
           Cities
           of
           Turky
           where
           the
           Iewes
           Inhabited
           were
           full
           of
           the
           expectation
           of
           the
           Messiah
           ;
           no
           
           Trade
           ,
           nor
           course
           of
           Gaine
           was
           followed
           :
           every
           one
           imagin'd
           that
           dayly
           Provisions
           ,
           Riches
           ,
           Honours
           ,
           and
           Government
           ,
           were
           to
           descend
           upon
           them
           by
           some
           unknown
           and
           Miraculous
           manner
           :
           an
           example
           of
           which
           is
           most
           observable
           in
           the
           Iewes
           at
           Thessalonica
           ,
           who
           now
           full
           of
           Assurance
           that
           the
           Restoration
           of
           their
           Kingdome
           ,
           and
           the
           Accomplishment
           of
           the
           time
           for
           the
           coming
           of
           the
           Messiah
           was
           at
           hand
           ,
           judged
           themselves
           obliged
           to
           double
           their
           Devotions
           ,
           and
           Purifie
           their
           Consciences
           from
           all
           Sins
           and
           Enormities
           which
           might
           be
           obvious
           to
           the
           scrutiny
           of
           him
           who
           was
           now
           come
           to
           Penetrate
           into
           the
           very
           Thoughts
           and
           Imaginations
           of
           Mankinde
           .
           In
           which
           Work
           certain
           Chochams
           were
           appointed
           to
           direct
           the
           People
           how
           to
           Regulate
           their
           Prayers
           ,
           Fasts
           ,
           and
           other
           Acts
           of
           Devotion
           .
           But
           so
           forward
           was
           every
           one
           now
           in
           his
           Acts
           of
           Pen●nce
           ,
           that
           they
           stay'd
           not
           for
           the
           Sentence
           of
           the
           Chocham
           ,
           or
           prescription
           of
           any
           Rules
           ,
           but
           apply'd
           themselves
           immediately
           to
           Fasting
           :
           And
           some
           in
           that
           manner
           beyond
           the
           abilities
           of
           Nature
           ,
           that
           having
           for
           the
           space
           of
           seven
           dayes
           
           taken
           no
           sustenance
           ,
           were
           famished
           to
           death
           .
           Others
           buryed
           themselves
           in
           their
           Gardens
           ,
           covering
           their
           naked
           Bodies
           with
           Earth
           ,
           their
           heads
           onely
           excepted
           ,
           remained
           in
           their
           Beds
           of
           dirt
           until
           their
           Bodies
           were
           stifned
           with
           the
           cold
           and
           moisture
           :
           others
           would
           indure
           to
           have
           melted
           VVax
           dropt
           upon
           their
           Shoulders
           ,
           others
           to
           rowle
           themselves
           in
           Snow
           ,
           and
           throw
           their
           Bodies
           in
           the
           Coldest
           season
           of
           Winter
           into
           the
           Sea
           ,
           or
           Frozen
           Waters
           .
           But
           the
           most
           common
           way
           of
           Mortification
           was
           first
           to
           prick
           their
           Backs
           and
           Sides
           with
           ●ho●es
           ,
           and
           then
           to
           give
           themselves
           thirty
           nine
           Lashes
           .
           All
           Business
           was
           laid
           aside
           ,
           none
           Worked
           ,
           or
           opened
           Shop
           ,
           unless
           to
           clear
           his
           VVarehouse
           of
           Merchandize
           at
           any
           Price
           :
           who
           had
           superfluity
           in
           Houshold-stuffe
           ,
           sold
           it
           for
           what
           he
           could
           ;
           but
           yet
           not
           to
           Iewes
           ,
           for
           they
           were
           Interdicted
           from
           Bargaines
           or
           Sales
           ,
           on
           the
           pain
           of
           Excommunication
           ,
           Pecuniary
           Mulcts
           ,
           or
           Corporal
           Punishment
           ;
           for
           all
           Business
           and
           Imployment
           was
           esteemed
           the
           Test
           ,
           and
           Touchstone
           of
           their
           Faith.
           It
           being
           the
           general
           Tenent
           ,
           that
           in
           the
           dayes
           that
           the
           Messiah
           
           appeares
           ,
           the
           Iewes
           shall
           become
           Masters
           of
           the
           Estates
           and
           Inheritance
           of
           Infidels
           ;
           until
           when
           they
           are
           to
           content
           themselves
           with
           Matters
           onely
           n●cessary
           to
           maintain
           and
           support
           Life
           .
           But
           because
           every
           one
           was
           not
           Master
           of
           so
           much
           Fortune
           and
           Provision
           ,
           as
           to
           live
           without
           dayly
           Labour
           ,
           therefore
           to
           quiet
           the
           Clamours
           of
           the
           Poor
           ,
           and
           prevent
           the
           Enormous
           lives
           of
           some
           ,
           who
           upon
           these
           occasions
           would
           become
           Vagabonds
           ,
           and
           desert
           their
           Cities
           ,
           due
           order
           was
           taken
           to
           make
           Collections
           ,
           which
           were
           so
           liberally
           bestow'd
           ,
           that
           in
           Thessalonica
           onely
           400
           Poore
           were
           supported
           by
           the
           meer
           charity
           of
           the
           Richer
           .
           And
           as
           they
           indeavour'd
           to
           purge
           their
           Consciences
           of
           Sin
           ,
           and
           to
           apply
           themselves
           to
           good
           VVorkes
           ,
           that
           the
           Messiah
           might
           find
           the
           City
           prepared
           for
           his
           Reception
           ;
           so
           ,
           least
           he
           should
           accuse
           them
           of
           any
           omission
           in
           the
           Law
           ,
           and
           particularly
           in
           their
           neglect
           of
           that
           Antient
           Precept
           of
           ,
           Increase
           and
           Multiply
           ;
           they
           marryed
           together
           Children
           of
           ten
           yeares
           of
           age
           ,
           and
           some
           under
           ,
           without
           respect
           to
           Riches
           ,
           or
           Poverty
           ,
           Condition
           or
           Quality
           :
           But
           ,
           being
           promiscuously
           
           joyned
           ,
           to
           the
           number
           of
           6
           or
           700
           ●ouple
           ,
           upon
           better
           and
           cooler
           thoughts
           ,
           after
           the
           deceipt
           of
           the
           false
           M●ssiah
           was
           discover'd
           ,
           or
           the
           expectation
           of
           his
           Coming
           grew
           cold
           ,
           were
           Divorced
           ,
           or
           by
           Consent
           separated
           from
           each
           other
           .
        
         
           In
           the
           heat
           of
           all
           this
           Talk
           and
           Rumor
           ,
           comes
           
             Sabatai
             Sevi
          
           to
           Smyrna
           ,
           the
           City
           of
           his
           Nativity
           ,
           infinitely
           desir'd
           there
           by
           the
           common
           Iewes
           ;
           but
           by
           the
           Chochams
           ,
           or
           Doctors
           of
           their
           Law
           ,
           who
           gave
           little
           or
           no
           credence
           to
           what
           he
           pretended
           ,
           was
           ill
           receiv'd
           ,
           not
           knowing
           what
           mischief
           or
           ruine
           this
           Doctrine
           and
           Prophesie
           of
           a
           New
           Kingdome
           might
           produce
           .
           Yet
           Sabatai
           bringing
           with
           him
           testimonials
           of
           his
           Sanctity
           ,
           Holy
           Life
           ,
           Wisdom
           ,
           and
           Gift
           of
           Prophesie
           ,
           so
           deeply
           fixed
           himself
           in
           the
           heart
           of
           the
           Generality
           ,
           both
           as
           being
           Holy
           and
           VVife
           ,
           that
           thereupon
           he
           took
           courage
           and
           boldness
           to
           enter
           into
           Dispute
           with
           the
           Grand
           Chocham
           (
           who
           is
           the
           Head
           ,
           and
           Chief
           Exposi●er
           of
           the
           Law
           and
           superin●endent
           of
           their
           will
           and
           Government
           )
           between
           whom
           the
           A●guments
           grew
           so
           high
           ,
           and
           Language
           so
           hot
           ,
           that
           the
           Iewes
           who
           favoured
           
           the
           Doctrine
           of
           Sabatai
           ,
           and
           feared
           the
           Authority
           of
           the
           Cho●ham
           ,
           doubtful
           what
           might
           be
           the
           issue
           of
           the
           Contest
           ,
           appear'd
           in
           great
           numbers
           before
           the
           Cadi
           of
           Smyrna
           ,
           in
           justification
           of
           their
           New
           Prophet
           ,
           before
           so
           much
           as
           any
           Accusation
           came
           against
           him
           :
           The
           Cadi
           (
           according
           to
           the
           Custome
           of
           the
           
             Turkes
             ,
          
           )
           swallows
           Mony
           on
           both
           sides
           ,
           and
           afterwards
           remits
           them
           to
           the
           determination
           of
           their
           own
           Justice
           .
           In
           this
           manner
           Sabatai
           gaines
           ground
           dayly
           ;
           and
           the
           Grand
           Chocham
           with
           his
           Party
           ,
           losing
           both
           the
           affection
           and
           obedience
           of
           his
           People
           ,
           is
           displaced
           from
           his
           Office
           ,
           and
           another
           Constituted
           ,
           more
           affectionate
           ,
           and
           agreeable
           to
           the
           New
           Prophet
           ,
           whose
           power
           daily
           increased
           by
           those
           confident
           Reports
           ,
           That
           his
           Enemies
           were
           struck
           with
           Phrensies
           and
           Madness
           ,
           until
           being
           restor'd
           to
           their
           former
           temper
           and
           wits
           by
           him
           ,
           became
           his
           Friends
           ,
           Admirers
           ,
           and
           Disciples
           .
           No
           Invitation
           was
           now
           made
           in
           Smyrna
           by
           the
           Iewes
           ,
           nor
           Marriage
           ,
           or
           Circumci●ion
           solemnized
           ,
           where
           Sabata●
           was
           not
           present
           ,
           accompanyed
           with
           a
           multitude
           of
           his
           Followers
           ,
           and
           the
           Streets
           cover'd
           
           with
           Carpits
           ,
           or
           fine
           Cloath
           for
           him
           to
           tread
           on
           ;
           but
           the
           Humility
           of
           this
           Pharisee
           appear'd
           such
           ,
           that
           he
           would
           stoop
           and
           turne
           them
           aside
           ,
           and
           so
           pass
           .
           And
           having
           thus
           fixed
           himself
           in
           the
           Opinion
           and
           Admiration
           of
           the
           People
           ,
           he
           began
           to
           take
           on
           himself
           the
           Title
           of
           Messiah
           ,
           and
           the
           Son
           of
           God
           ;
           and
           to
           make
           this
           following
           Declaration
           to
           all
           the
           Nation
           of
           the
           Iewes
           ,
           which
           being
           wrote
           Originally
           in
           Hebrew
           ,
           was
           Translated
           for
           me
           faithfully
           into
           Italian
           ,
           in
           this
           manner
           .
        
         
           
             
               L'unico
               figliolo
               ,
               e
               primogenito
               d'
               dio
               ,
               
                 Sabatai
                 Sevi
              
               ,
               il
               Messiah
               ,
               e
               Salvatore
               d'
               Israel
               eletti
               di
               dio
               pace
               bessendo
               che
               sete
               fatti
               degni
               di
               veder
               quel
               grangiorno
               della
               deliberatione
               e
               Salvatione
               d'
               Israel
               ,
               e
               consummatione
               delle
               parole
               di
               dio
               ,
               promess
               per
               li
               sua
               Profeti
               ,
               e
               padri
               notri
               ,
               per
               il
               suo
               diletto
               figlio
               d'
               Israel
               ,
               ogni
               vestra
               amaritudine
               si
               converta
               
               in
               allegrezza
               ,
               e
               li
               vestri
               diginguiti
               facino
               feste
               ,
               per
               che
               non
               piangerete
               O
               miei
               figliole
               d'
               Israel
               havendovi
               dati
               iddio
               la
               consolatione
               inenarrabile
               ,
               festegiate
               contimpani
               e
               musiche
               ,
               ringratiando
               quello
               chi
               ha
               adempito
               il
               promesso
               dalli
               secoli
               ,
               facendo
               ogni
               giorno
               quelle
               cose
               che
               solete
               fare
               nelle
               callende
               ,
               e
               quel
               gi●rno
               dedicato
               al●
               ▪
               afflictione
               e
               mestitia
               ,
               convertite
               lo
               in
               giorno
               giocondo
               per
               la
               mia
               comparsa
               ,
               e
               non
               spaventate
               niente
               ,
               per
               che
               haveret●
               Dominio
               sopra
               ,
               le
               genti
               ,
               non
               solamente
               di
               quelle
               ,
               che
               si
               vedodono
               in
               terra
               ,
               ma
               quelle
               che
               sono
               in
               fondi
               del
               mare
               ,
               il
               tutto
               pro
               vestra
               consolatione
               &
               allegrezza
               .
            
          
        
         
           Which
           Translated
           into
           English
           ,
           runs
           thus
           ;
        
         
           
             
             
               THe
               Onely
               ,
               and
               First-borne
               Son
               of
               
                 God
                 ,
                 Sabatai
                 Sevi
              
               ,
               the
               Messiah
               and
               Saviour
               of
               Israel
               ,
               to
               all
               the
               Sons
               of
               Israel
               ,
               peace
               .
               Since
               that
               you
               are
               made
               worthy
               to
               see
               that
               great
               Day
               of
               Deliverance
               ,
               and
               Salvation
               unto
               Israel
               ,
               and
               Accomplishment
               of
               the
               Word
               of
               God
               ,
               Promised
               by
               his
               Prophets
               ,
               and
               our
               fore-fathers
               ,
               and
               by
               his
               Beloved
               Son
               of
               Israel
               :
               let
               your
               bitter
               sorrowes
               be
               turned
               into
               Joy
               ,
               and
               your
               Fasts
               into
               festivals
               ,
               for
               you
               shall
               weep
               no
               more
               ,
               O
               my
               sons
               of
               Israel
               ,
               for
               God
               having
               given
               you
               this
               unspeakable
               Comfort
               ,
               rejoyce
               with
               
                 Drums
                 ,
                 Organs
              
               ,
               and
               Musick
               ,
               giving
               thanks
               to
               him
               for
               performing
               his
               Promise
               from
               all
               Ages
               ;
               doing
               that
               every
               day
               ,
               which
               is
               usual
               for
               you
               to
               do
               upon
               the
               New-Moons
               ;
               and
               ,
               that
               Day
               Dedicated
               
               to
               affliction
               and
               sorrow
               convert
               you
               into
               a
               Day
               of
               Mirth
               for
               my
               appearance
               :
               and
               fear
               you
               nothing
               ,
               for
               you
               shall
               have
               Dominion
               over
               the
               Nations
               ,
               and
               not
               onely
               over
               those
               who
               are
               on
               Earth
               ,
               but
               over
               those
               Creatures
               also
               which
               are
               in
               the
               depth
               of
               the
               Sea.
               All
               which
               is
               for
               your
               Consolation
               and
               Rejoycing
               .
            
             
               Sabatai
               Sevi
               .
            
          
        
         
           Notwithstanding
           the
           Disciples
           of
           
             Sabatai
             Sevi
          
           were
           not
           so
           numerous
           ,
           but
           many
           opposed
           his
           doctrine
           ,
           publiquely
           avouching
           that
           he
           was
           an
           Impostor
           ,
           and
           Deceiver
           of
           the
           people
           ,
           amongst
           which
           was
           one
           
             Samuel
             Pennia
          
           ,
           a
           man
           of
           a
           good
           estate
           and
           reputation
           in
           Smyrna
           ,
           who
           arguing
           in
           the
           Synagogue
           ,
           that
           the
           present
           signs
           of
           the
           coming
           of
           the
           Messiah
           were
           not
           apparent
           ,
           either
           according
           to
           Scripture
           ,
           
           or
           the
           doctrine
           of
           the
           Rabbins
           ,
           raised
           such
           a
           sedition
           and
           tumult
           amongst
           the
           Iews
           ,
           as
           not
           onely
           prevailed
           against
           arguments
           ,
           but
           had
           also
           against
           his
           life
           ,
           had
           he
           not
           timely
           conveyed
           himself
           out
           of
           the
           Synagogue
           ,
           and
           thereby
           escaped
           the
           hands
           of
           the
           multitude
           ,
           who
           now
           could
           more
           easily
           endure
           blasphemy
           against
           the
           Law
           of
           Moses
           ,
           and
           the
           prophanation
           of
           the
           Sanctuary
           ,
           than
           contradiction
           ,
           or
           misbelief
           of
           the
           doctrine
           of
           Sabatai
           .
           But
           howsoever
           it
           fell
           out
           ,
           Pennia
           in
           short
           time
           becomes
           a
           convert
           ,
           and
           preaches
           up
           Sabatai
           for
           the
           Son
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           deliverer
           of
           the
           Iews
           :
           and
           not
           onely
           he
           ,
           but
           his
           whole
           family
           ;
           his
           daughters
           prophesie
           ,
           and
           fall
           into
           strange
           extasies
           ;
           and
           not
           onely
           his
           house
           ,
           but
           four
           hundred
           men
           and
           women
           prophesie
           of
           the
           growing
           kingdom
           of
           Sabatai
           ,
           and
           young
           infants
           who
           could
           yet
           scarce
           stammer
           out
           a
           syllable
           to
           their
           mothers
           ,
           repeat
           ,
           and
           pronounce
           plainly
           the
           name
           of
           Sabatai
           the
           Messiah
           ,
           and
           Son
           of
           God.
           For
           thus
           farr
           had
           God
           permitted
           the
           devil
           to
           delude
           this
           people
           ,
           that
           their
           very
           children
           
           were
           for
           a
           time
           possessed
           ,
           and
           voices
           heard
           to
           found
           from
           their
           stomacks
           ,
           and
           intrails
           :
           those
           of
           riper
           years
           fell
           first
           into
           a
           trance
           ,
           foamed
           at
           the
           mouth
           ,
           and
           recounted
           the
           future
           prosperitie
           ,
           and
           deliverance
           of
           the
           Israelites
           ,
           their
           visions
           of
           the
           Lion
           of
           Iudah
           ,
           and
           the
           triumphs
           of
           Sabatai
           ,
           all
           which
           were
           certainly
           true
           ,
           being
           effects
           of
           Diabolical
           delusions
           :
           as
           the
           Iews
           themselves
           since
           have
           confessed
           unto
           me
           .
        
         
           With
           these
           concomitant
           accidents
           ,
           and
           successes
           ,
           
             Sabatai
             Sevi
          
           growing
           more
           presumptuous
           ,
           that
           he
           might
           correspond
           with
           the
           Prophesies
           of
           greatness
           ,
           and
           dominion
           of
           the
           Messiah
           ,
           proceeds
           to
           an
           election
           of
           those
           Princes
           which
           were
           to
           govern
           the
           Israelites
           in
           their
           march
           towards
           the
           Holy-Land
           ,
           and
           to
           dispence
           Judgement
           and
           Justice
           after
           their
           Restoration
           .
           The
           names
           of
           them
           were
           these
           which
           follow
           ,
           men
           well
           known
           at
           Smyrna
           ,
           who
           never
           (
           God
           knows
           )
           had
           ambition
           to
           aspire
           to
           the
           title
           of
           Princes
           ,
           until
           a
           strange
           spirit
           of
           deceit
           and
           delusion
           had
           moved
           them
           ,
           not
           onely
           to
           hope
           
           for
           it
           as
           possible
           ,
           but
           to
           expect
           it
           as
           certain
           .
        
         
           
             Isaac
             Silvera
             .
             King
             David
             .
          
           
             Salomon
             Lagnado
             .
             was
             Salomon
             .
          
           
             Salom
             Lagnado
             
               jun.
               named
            
             Zovah
             .
          
           
             Ioseph
             Cohen
             .
             Uzziah
             .
          
           
             Moses
             Galente
             .
             Iosaphat
             .
          
           
             Daniel
             Pinto
             .
             Hilkiah
             .
          
           
             Abraham
             Scandale
             .
             Iotham
             .
          
           
             Mokiah
             Gaspar
             .
             Zedekiah
             .
          
           
             Abraham
             Leon.
             Achas
             .
          
           
             Ephraim
             Arditi
             .
             Ioram
             .
          
           
             Salom
             Carmona
             .
             Achab.
             
          
           
             Matassia
             Aschenesi
             .
             Asa.
             
          
           
             Meir
             Alcaira
             .
             Rehoboam
             .
          
           
             Iacob
             Loxas
             .
             Ammon
             .
          
           
             Mordecai
             Iesserun
             .
             Iehoachim
             ▪
          
           
             Chaim
             Inegna
             .
             Ieroboam
             .
          
           
             Ioseph
             Scavillo
             .
             Abia.
             
          
           
             Conor
             Nehemias
             .
             was
             Zarobabel
             .
          
           
             Ioseph
             del
             Caire
             .
             named
             Ioas.
             
          
           
             Elcukin
             Schavit
             .
             Amasia
             .
          
           
             Abraham
             Rubio
             ▪
             Iosiah
             .
          
        
         
           Elias
           Sevi
           
             had
             the
             title
             of
             the
          
           King
           
             of
             the
          
           king
           of
           kings
           .
        
         
           Elias
           Azar
           his
           Vice-king
           ,
           or
           Vizier
           .
        
         
         
           Ioseph
           Sevi
           ,
           the
           king
           
             of
             the
          
           kings
           of
           Iudah
           .
        
         
           Ioseph
           Inernuch
           his
           vice-king
           .
        
         
           In
           this
           manner
           things
           ran
           to
           strange
           height
           of
           madness
           amongst
           the
           Iews
           at
           Smyrna
           ,
           where
           appear'd
           such
           pageantry
           of
           greatness
           ,
           that
           no
           Comedy
           could
           equal
           the
           mock-shews
           they
           represented
           ,
           and
           though
           none
           durst
           openly
           profess
           any
           scruple
           ,
           or
           doubt
           of
           this
           common
           received
           belief
           ,
           yet
           for
           confirmation
           of
           the
           Iews
           in
           their
           Faith
           ,
           and
           astonishment
           of
           the
           Gentiles
           ,
           it
           was
           judged
           no
           less
           than
           n●cessary
           that
           Sabatai
           should
           shew
           some
           miracles
           ,
           whereby
           to
           evince
           to
           all
           the
           World
           that
           he
           was
           the
           true
           Messiah
           :
           and
           as
           the
           present
           occasion
           seemed
           to
           require
           an
           evidence
           infallible
           of
           this
           truth
           ,
           so
           it
           was
           daily
           expected
           by
           the
           vulgar
           ,
           with
           an
           impatience
           sutable
           to
           humors
           disposed
           to
           Novel●ie
           ;
           who
           out
           of
           every
           action
           and
           motion
           of
           their
           Prophet
           began
           to
           fancy
           something
           extraordinary
           and
           supernatu●al
           .
           Sabatai
           was
           now
           horribly
           puzzled
           for
           a
           Miracle
           ,
           though
           the
           imagination
           of
           the
           people
           was
           so
           vitiated
           that
           any
           legerdemaine
           ,
           
           or
           slight
           of
           hand
           would
           have
           passed
           more
           easily
           with
           with
           them
           for
           a
           wonder
           than
           Moses
           striking
           the
           rock
           for
           water
           ,
           or
           dividing
           the
           
             red
             sea
          
           .
           And
           occasion
           happening
           that
           Sabatai
           was
           ,
           in
           behalf
           of
           his
           Subjects
           ,
           to
           appear
           before
           the
           Cadi
           ,
           or
           judge
           of
           the
           Citie
           to
           demand
           ease
           ,
           and
           relief
           of
           some
           oppressions
           which
           aggrieved
           them
           :
           It
           was
           thought
           necessary
           a
           Miracle
           should
           now
           or
           never
           ,
           when
           Sabatai
           appearing
           with
           a
           formal
           and
           pharisaical
           gravitie
           ,
           which
           he
           had
           starcht
           on
           :
           Some
           on
           a
           sudden
           avouched
           to
           see
           a
           pillar
           of
           fire
           between
           him
           and
           the
           Cadi
           ,
           which
           report
           presently
           was
           heard
           through
           the
           whole
           room
           ,
           filled
           with
           Iews
           that
           accompanied
           Sabatai
           ,
           some
           of
           whom
           ,
           who
           strongly
           fancied
           it
           ,
           vow'd
           ,
           and
           swore
           they
           saw
           it
           ;
           others
           in
           the
           outward
           yard
           ,
           or
           that
           could
           not
           come
           near
           to
           hear
           ,
           or
           see
           for
           the
           crowd
           ,
           as
           speedily
           took
           the
           alarm
           ,
           and
           the
           rumour
           ran
           ,
           and
           belief
           receiv'd
           by
           the
           Women
           and
           Children
           at
           home
           in
           a
           moment
           ,
           so
           that
           
             Sabatai
             Sevi
          
           returned
           to
           his
           house
           triumphant
           ,
           fixed
           in
           the
           hearts
           of
           his
           people
           ,
           who
           now
           needed
           no
           further
           Miracles
           to
           
           confirm
           them
           in
           their
           faith
           .
           And
           thus
           was
           Sabatai
           exalted
           ,
           when
           no
           man
           was
           thought
           worthy
           of
           communication
           who
           did
           not
           believe
           him
           to
           be
           the
           Messiah
           :
           others
           were
           called
           Kophrim
           ,
           infidels
           or
           hereticks
           ,
           liable
           to
           the
           censure
           of
           excommunication
           ,
           with
           whom
           it
           was
           not
           lawful
           so
           much
           as
           to
           eat
           :
           every
           man
           produc'd
           his
           treasure
           ,
           his
           Gold
           and
           Jewels
           ,
           offering
           them
           at
           the
           feet
           of
           Sabatai
           ;
           so
           that
           he
           could
           have
           commanded
           all
           the
           we●lth
           of
           Smyrna
           ,
           but
           he
           was
           too
           subtil
           to
           accept
           their
           money
           ,
           least
           he
           should
           render
           his
           design
           suspected
           by
           any
           act
           of
           covetousness
           .
           
             Sabatai
             Sevi
          
           having
           thus
           fully
           fixed
           himself
           in
           Smyrna
           ,
           and
           filled
           other
           places
           with
           rumors
           of
           his
           fame
           ;
           declared
           that
           he
           was
           called
           by
           God
           to
           visit
           Constantinople
           ,
           where
           the
           greatest
           part
           of
           his
           work
           was
           to
           be
           accomplisht
           ;
           in
           order
           whereunto
           he
           privately
           ships
           himself
           ,
           with
           some
           few
           attendants
           in
           a
           
             Turkish
             Saick
          
           ,
           in
           the
           Moneth
           of
           Ianuary
           1666.
           least
           the
           crowd
           of
           his
           disciples
           ,
           and
           such
           who
           would
           press
           to
           follow
           him
           ,
           should
           endanger
           him
           in
           the
           Eyes
           of
           the
           Turks
           ,
           who
           already
           began
           to
           be
           scandal●zed
           
           at
           the
           reports
           and
           prophesies
           concernning
           his
           person
           .
           But
           though
           Sabatai
           took
           few
           into
           the
           Vessel
           to
           him
           ,
           yet
           a
           multitude
           of
           Iews
           travell'd
           over
           land
           to
           meet
           him
           again
           at
           Constantinople
           ,
           on
           whom
           all
           their
           Eyes
           and
           Expectations
           were
           intent
           .
           The
           wind
           proving
           northernly
           ,
           as
           commonly
           it
           is
           in
           the
           Helespont
           and
           
             Propontis
             ;
             Sabatai
          
           was
           thirtie
           nine
           days
           in
           his
           voyage
           ,
           and
           yet
           the
           Vessel
           not
           arriv'd
           ,
           so
           little
           power
           had
           this
           Messiah
           over
           the
           Sea
           and
           Winds
           ,
           in
           which
           time
           news
           being
           come
           to
           Constantinople
           that
           the
           
             Iews
             Messiah
          
           was
           near
           ,
           all
           that
           people
           prepared
           to
           receive
           him
           with
           the
           same
           Joy
           and
           Impatience
           as
           was
           exprest
           in
           other
           parts
           where
           he
           arrived
           ;
           the
           great
           Vizier
           (
           then
           also
           at
           Constantinople
           ,
           being
           not
           yet
           departed
           on
           his
           expedition
           for
           Candia
           )
           having
           heard
           some
           rumors
           of
           this
           man
           ,
           and
           the
           disorder
           and
           madness
           he
           had
           raised
           amongst
           the
           Iews
           ;
           sent
           two
           Boats
           ,
           whil'st
           the
           Saick
           was
           detained
           by
           contrary
           winds
           ,
           with
           commands
           to
           bring
           him
           up
           Prisoner
           to
           the
           Port
           ,
           where
           accordingly
           Sabatai
           being
           come
           ,
           was
           committed
           to
           the
           most
           loathsom
           and
           
           darkest
           D●ngeon
           in
           the
           Town
           ,
           there
           to
           remain
           in
           farther
           expectation
           of
           the
           Viziers
           sentence
           :
           The
           Iews
           were
           not
           at
           all
           discouraged
           at
           this
           ill
           treatment
           of
           their
           prophet
           ,
           but
           rather
           confirmed
           in
           their
           belief
           of
           him
           ,
           as
           being
           the
           accomplishment
           of
           the
           prophesie
           of
           those
           things
           which
           ought
           to
           precede
           his
           glory
           and
           dominion
           ;
           which
           consideration
           induc'd
           the
           chiefest
           persons
           amongst
           the
           Iews
           to
           make
           their
           visits
           and
           addresses
           to
           him
           with
           the
           same
           ceremony
           and
           respect
           in
           the
           Dungeon
           as
           they
           would
           have
           done
           had
           he
           then
           sat
           exalted
           on
           the
           throne
           of
           Israel
           :
           several
           of
           them
           ,
           with
           one
           Ana●ago
           ,
           by
           name
           ,
           a
           man
           of
           great
           esteem
           amongst
           the
           Iews
           ,
           attended
           a
           whole
           day
           before
           him
           ,
           with
           their
           Eyes
           cast
           down
           ,
           their
           bodies
           bending
           forward
           ,
           and
           hands
           crost
           before
           them
           (
           which
           are
           postures
           of
           humility
           ,
           and
           service
           in
           the
           Eastern
           Countre●s
           )
           the
           undecency
           of
           the
           place
           ,
           and
           present
           subjection
           ,
           not
           having
           in
           the
           least
           abated
           their
           high
           thoughts
           ,
           and
           reverence
           towards
           his
           person
           .
           The
           Iews
           in
           Constantinople
           were
           now
           become
           as
           mad
           and
           distracted
           as
           they
           were
           in
           other
           places
           ,
           all
           trade
           
           and
           trafficque
           forbidden
           ,
           and
           those
           who
           owed
           money
           ,
           in
           no
           manner
           careful
           how
           to
           satisfie
           it
           :
           amongst
           which
           wild
           crew
           some
           were
           indebted
           to
           our
           Merchants
           at
           Galata
           ,
           who
           not
           knowing
           the
           way
           to
           receive
           their
           money
           ,
           partly
           for
           their
           interest
           ,
           and
           partly
           for
           curiosity
           thought
           fit
           to
           visit
           this
           Sabatai
           ,
           complayning
           that
           such
           particular
           Iews
           ,
           upon
           his
           coming
           ,
           took
           upon
           them
           the
           boldness
           to
           defraud
           them
           of
           their
           right
           ,
           desired
           he
           would
           be
           pleased
           to
           signifie
           to
           these
           his
           Subjects
           ,
           his
           pleasure
           to
           have
           satisfaction
           given
           :
           whereupon
           Sabatai
           with
           much
           affectation
           took
           Pen
           and
           Paper
           ,
           and
           wrote
           to
           this
           effect
           .
        
         
           TO
           you
           of
           the
           Nation
           of
           the
           Iews
           ,
           who
           expect
           the
           appearance
           of
           the
           Messiah
           ,
           and
           the
           Salvation
           of
           Israel
           ,
           Peace
           without
           end
           .
           Whereas
           we
           are
           informed
           that
           you
           are
           indebted
           to
           several
           of
           the
           English
           Nation
           :
           It
           seemeth
           right
           unto
           us
           to
           enorder
           
           you
           to
           make
           satisfaction
           to
           these
           your
           just
           debts
           :
           which
           if
           you
           refuse
           to
           do
           ,
           and
           not
           obey
           us
           herein
           :
           Know
           you
           ,
           that
           then
           you
           are
           not
           to
           enter
           with
           us
           into
           our
           Joys
           and
           Dominions
           .
        
         
           In
           this
           manner
           
             Sabatai
             Sevi
          
           remained
           a
           Prisoner
           at
           Constantinople
           for
           the
           space
           of
           two
           Moneths
           ;
           at
           the
           end
           of
           which
           ,
           the
           Vizier
           having
           designed
           his
           expedition
           for
           Candia
           ;
           and
           considering
           the
           rumor
           and
           disturbance
           the
           presence
           of
           Sabatai
           had
           made
           already
           at
           Constantinople
           ,
           thought
           it
           not
           secure
           to
           suffer
           him
           to
           remain
           in
           the
           Imperial
           Citie
           ,
           whil'st
           both
           the
           
             Grand
             Signior
          
           and
           himself
           were
           absent
           :
           and
           therefore
           changes
           his
           prison
           to
           the
           Dardanelli
           ,
           otherwise
           called
           the
           Castle
           of
           Abydos
           ,
           being
           on
           the
           Europe
           side
           of
           the
           Helespont
           ,
           opposite
           to
           Se●tos
           ,
           places
           famous
           in
           Greek
           Poetrie
           .
           This
           removal
           of
           Sabatai
           from
           a
           worse
           Prison
           to
           one
           of
           a
           better
           air
           ;
           confirmed
           the
           Iews
           with
           greater
           confidence
           of
           his
           being
           
           the
           Messiah
           ,
           supposing
           that
           had
           it
           been
           in
           the
           power
           of
           the
           Vizier
           ,
           or
           other
           Officers
           of
           the
           Turks
           ,
           to
           have
           destroyed
           his
           person
           ,
           they
           would
           never
           have
           permitted
           him
           to
           have
           lived
           to
           that
           time
           ,
           in
           regard
           their
           Maximes
           enforce
           them
           to
           quit
           all
           jealousies
           and
           suspitions
           of
           ruine
           to
           their
           state
           by
           the
           death
           of
           the
           party
           feared
           ,
           which
           much
           rather
           they
           ought
           to
           execute
           on
           Sabatai
           ,
           who
           had
           not
           onely
           declared
           himself
           the
           King
           of
           Israel
           ,
           but
           also
           published
           Prophesies
           fatal
           to
           the
           
             Grand
             Signior
          
           and
           his
           Kingdoms
           .
        
         
           With
           this
           consideration
           ,
           and
           others
           preceding
           ,
           the
           Iews
           flock
           in
           great
           numbers
           to
           the
           Castle
           ,
           where
           he
           was
           imprisoned
           ,
           not
           onely
           from
           the
           neighbouring
           parts
           ,
           but
           also
           from
           
             Poland
             ,
             Germanie
             ,
             Legorne
             ,
             Venice
             ,
             Amsterdam
             ,
          
           and
           other
           places
           where
           the
           Iewt
           reside
           :
           on
           all
           whom
           ,
           as
           a
           reward
           of
           the
           expence
           ,
           and
           labours
           of
           their
           pilgrimage
           ,
           Sabatai
           bestowed
           plenty
           of
           his
           benedictions
           ,
           promising
           encrease
           of
           their
           store
           ,
           and
           enlargement
           of
           their
           Possessions
           in
           the
           Holy-Land
           .
           And
           so
           great
           was
           the
           confluence
           of
           the
           Iews
           to
           this
           place
           ,
           that
           the
           Turks
           thought
           
           it
           requisite
           to
           make
           their
           advantage
           thereof
           ,
           and
           so
           not
           onely
           raised
           the
           price
           of
           their
           Provision
           ,
           Lodgings
           ,
           and
           other
           Necessaries
           ,
           but
           also
           denied
           to
           admit
           any
           to
           the
           presence
           of
           Sabatai
           ,
           unless
           for
           money
           ,
           setting
           the
           price
           ,
           sometimes
           at
           five
           ,
           sometimes
           at
           ten
           Dollers
           ,
           or
           more
           or
           less
           ,
           according
           as
           they
           guessed
           at
           their
           abilities
           ,
           or
           zeal
           of
           the
           person
           ,
           by
           which
           gain
           and
           advantage
           to
           the
           Turks
           no
           complaints
           or
           advices
           were
           carried
           to
           Adrianople
           either
           of
           the
           concourse
           of
           people
           ,
           or
           arguments
           amongst
           the
           Iews
           in
           that
           place
           ;
           but
           rather
           all
           civilities
           ,
           and
           libertie
           indulged
           unto
           them
           ,
           which
           served
           as
           a
           farther
           argument
           to
           ensnare
           this
           poor
           people
           in
           the
           belief
           of
           their
           Messiah
           .
        
         
           During
           this
           time
           of
           confinement
           ,
           Sabatai
           had
           leisure
           to
           compose
           and
           institute
           a
           new
           method
           of
           Worship
           for
           the
           Iews
           ,
           and
           principally
           the
           manner
           of
           the
           celebration
           of
           the
           day
           of
           his
           Nativity
           ,
           which
           he
           prescribed
           in
           this
           manner
           .
        
         
           BRethren
           ,
           and
           my
           People
           ,
           men
           of
           Religion
           inhabiting
           the
           City
           of
           Smyrna
           
           the
           renowned
           ,
           where
           live
           men
           ,
           and
           women
           ,
           and
           families
           ;
           Peace
           be
           unto
           you
           from
           the
           Lord
           of
           Peace
           ,
           and
           from
           me
           his
           beloved
           son
           ,
           King
           Salomon
           .
           I
           command
           you
           that
           the
           ninth
           day
           of
           the
           Moneth
           of
           Ab
           (
           which
           according
           to
           our
           account
           answered
           that
           year
           to
           the
           Moneth
           of
           Iune
           )
           next
           to
           come
           ,
           you
           make
           a
           day
           of
           Invitation
           ,
           and
           of
           great
           Joy
           ,
           celebrating
           it
           with
           choice
           meats
           and
           pleasing
           drinks
           ,
           with
           many
           Candles
           and
           Lamps
           ,
           with
           Musick
           and
           Songs
           ,
           because
           it
           is
           the
           day
           of
           the
           Birth
           of
           
             Sabatai
             Sevi
          
           ,
           the
           high
           King
           above
           all
           kings
           of
           the
           Earth
           .
           And
           as
           to
           matters
           of
           labour
           ,
           and
           other
           things
           of
           like
           nature
           ,
           do
           ,
           as
           becomes
           you
           ,
           upon
           a
           day
           of
           Festival
           ,
           adorned
           with
           your
           finest
           garments
           .
           As
           to
           your
           Prayers
           ,
           let
           the
           same
           order
           be
           used
           as
           upon
           F●stivals
           .
           To
           converse
           with
           Christians
           on
           that
           day
           is
           unlawful
           ,
           though
           your
           Discourse
           be
           of
           matters
           indifferent
           ,
           all
           labour
           is
           forbidden
           ,
           but
           to
           sound
           instruments
           is
           lawful
           .
           This
           shall
           be
           the
           method
           and
           substance
           of
           your
           Prayers
           on
           this
           day
           of
           Festival
           :
           After
           you
           have
           said
           ,
           Blessed
           be
           thou
           ,
           O
           holy
           God!
           then
           proceed
           and
           say
           ,
           Thou
           hast
           chosen
           us
           before
           
           all
           people
           ,
           and
           hast
           loved
           us
           ,
           and
           hast
           been
           delighted
           with
           us
           ,
           and
           hast
           humbled
           us
           more
           than
           all
           other
           Nations
           ,
           and
           hast
           sanctified
           us
           with
           thy
           Precepts
           ,
           and
           hast
           brought
           us
           near
           to
           thy
           service
           ,
           and
           the
           service
           of
           our
           King.
           Thy
           holy
           ,
           great
           ,
           and
           terrible
           Name
           thou
           hast
           publi●hed
           amongst
           us
           :
           and
           hast
           given
           us
           ,
           O
           Lord
           God
           ,
           according
           to
           thy
           love
           ,
           time
           of
           Joy
           ,
           of
           Festivals
           ,
           and
           times
           of
           Mirth
           ,
           and
           this
           day
           of
           Consolation
           for
           a
           solemn
           Convocation
           of
           Holiness
           ,
           for
           the
           Birth
           of
           our
           King
           the
           
             Messiah
             ,
             Sabatai
             Sevi
          
           thy
           servant
           ,
           and
           first-born
           son
           in
           love
           ,
           through
           whom
           we
           commemorate
           our
           coming
           out
           of
           Egypt
           .
           And
           then
           you
           shall
           read
           for
           your
           Lesson
           the
           1
           ,
           2
           ,
           and
           3
           Chapters
           of
           Deut.
           to
           the
           17
           verse
           ,
           appointing
           for
           the
           reading
           thereof
           five
           men
           ,
           in
           a
           perfect
           and
           uncorrupted
           Bible
           ,
           adding
           thereunto
           the
           Blessings
           of
           the
           Morning
           ,
           as
           are
           prescribed
           for
           days
           of
           Festival
           :
           and
           for
           the
           Lesson
           out
           of
           the
           Prophets
           usually
           read
           in
           the
           Synagogue
           every
           Sabbath
           :
           you
           shall
           read
           the
           31
           Chapt.
           of
           Ieremiah
           .
           To
           your
           Prayer
           called
           Mussaf
           (
           used
           in
           the
           Synagogue
           every
           Sabbath
           and
           solemn
           Festival
           )
           you
           
           shall
           adjoyn
           that
           of
           the
           present
           Festival
           ;
           In
           stead
           of
           the
           Sacrifice
           of
           Addition
           ,
           of
           the
           returning
           of
           the
           Bible
           to
           its
           place
           ,
           you
           shall
           read
           with
           an
           Audible
           Voice
           ,
           Clear
           Sound
           ,
           the
           Psalm
           95.
           
           And
           at
           the
           first
           Praises
           in
           the
           Morning
           ,
           after
           you
           have
           Sang
           Psalm
           91
           ,
           and
           just
           before
           you
           Sing
           Psalm
           98
           ,
           you
           shall
           repeate
           Psalm
           132
           but
           in
           the
           last
           Verse
           ,
           where
           it
           is
           said
           ,
           
             As
             for
             his
             Enemies
             I
             shall
             cloath
             them
             with
             shame
             ,
             but
             upon
             himself
             shall
             his
             Crown
             flourish
          
           ;
           in
           the
           place
           of
           
             (
             upon
             himself
          
           )
           you
           shall
           read
           
             upon
             the
             most
             High
          
           :
           after
           which
           shall
           follow
           the
           126
           Psalm
           ,
           and
           then
           the
           113
           to
           the
           119.
           
        
         
           At
           the
           Consecration
           of
           the
           Wine
           upon
           the
           Vigil
           ,
           or
           Even
           ,
           you
           shall
           make
           mention
           of
           the
           Feast
           of
           Consolation
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           day
           of
           the
           Birth
           of
           our
           King
           the
           ●es●iah
           
             Sabatai
             Sevi
          
           thy
           Servant
           ,
           and
           First-born
           Son
           ,
           giving
           the
           Blessing
           as
           followe●h
           :
           Blessed
           be
           thou
           our
           God
           ,
           King
           of
           the
           World
           ,
           who
           hast
           made
           us
           to
           live
           ,
           and
           hast
           maintain'd
           us
           ,
           and
           hast
           kept
           us
           alive
           unto
           this
           time
           .
           Upon
           the
           Eve
           of
           this
           day
           you
           shall
           Read
           also
           the
           81
           Psalm
           ,
           as
           also
           the
           132
           and
           126
           Psalmes
           ,
           which
           are
           appointed
           
           for
           the
           Morning
           Praises
           .
           And
           this
           day
           shall
           be
           unto
           you
           for
           a
           Remembrance
           of
           a
           Solemn
           Day
           unto
           eternal
           Ages
           ,
           and
           a
           perpetual
           testimony
           between
           me
           ,
           and
           the
           Sons
           of
           Israel
           .
        
         
           A●dite
           Audiendo
           &
           manducate
           bonum
           .
        
         
           Besides
           which
           Order
           ,
           and
           Method
           of
           Prayers
           for
           Solemnization
           of
           his
           Birth
           ,
           he
           prescribed
           other
           Rules
           for
           Divine
           Service
           ,
           and
           particularly
           published
           the
           same
           Indulgence
           and
           Priviledge
           to
           every
           one
           who
           should
           Pray
           at
           the
           ●omb
           of
           his
           Mother
           ;
           〈◊〉
           if
           he
           had
           taken
           on
           him
           a
           Pilgrimage
           to
           Pray
           ,
           and
           Sacrifice
           at
           Ierusalem
           .
        
         
           The
           Devotion
           of
           the
           Iewes
           toward
           this
           pretended
           Messiah
           increased
           still
           more
           and
           more
           ,
           so
           that
           onely
           the
           Chief
           of
           the
           City
           went
           to
           attend
           ,
           and
           proffer
           their
           service
           toward
           him
           in
           the
           time
           of
           his
           Imprisonment
           ,
           but
           likewise
           decked
           their
           Synagogue
           with
           
             S.
             S.
          
           in
           Letters
           of
           Gold
           ,
           making
           for
           him
           on
           the
           Wall
           a
           Crown
           ,
           in
           the
           Circle
           of
           which
           was
           wrote
           the
           91
           Psalm
           at
           length
           ,
           in
           faire
           and
           legible
           Characters
           ;
           attributing
           the
           
           same
           titles
           to
           Sabatai
           ,
           and
           Expounding
           the
           Scriptures
           in
           the
           same
           manner
           in
           favour
           of
           his
           Appearance
           ,
           as
           we
           do
           of
           our
           Saviour
           .
           However
           some
           of
           the
           Iewes
           remain'd
           in
           their
           Wits
           all
           this
           time
           ,
           amongst
           which
           was
           a
           certain
           Chochan
           at
           Smyrna
           ,
           one
           zealous
           of
           his
           Law
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           good
           and
           safety
           of
           his
           Nation
           :
           and
           observing
           in
           what
           a
           wilde
           manner
           the
           whole
           People
           of
           the
           Iewes
           was
           transported
           ,
           with
           the
           groundless
           beliefe
           of
           a
           Messiah
           ,
           leaving
           not
           onely
           their
           Trade
           ,
           and
           course
           of
           living
           ,
           but
           publishing
           Prophesies
           of
           a
           speedy
           Kingdome
           ,
           of
           rescue
           from
           the
           Tyranny
           of
           the
           Turk
           ,
           and
           leading
           the
           Grand
           Signior
           himself
           Captive
           in
           Chaines
           ;
           matters
           so
           dangerous
           and
           obnoxious
           to
           the
           State
           wherein
           they
           lived
           ,
           as
           might
           justly
           convict
           them
           of
           Treason
           and
           Rebellion
           ,
           and
           leave
           them
           to
           the
           Mercy
           of
           that
           Justice
           ,
           which
           on
           the
           least
           jealousie
           and
           suspicion
           of
           Matters
           of
           this
           nature
           ,
           uses
           to
           extirpate
           Families
           ,
           and
           subvert
           the
           Mansion-houses
           of
           their
           own
           People
           ,
           much
           rather
           of
           the
           Iewes
           ,
           on
           whom
           the
           Turkes
           would
           gladly
           take
           occasion
           to
           dispoile
           them
           of
           their
           Estates
           ,
           and
           condemn
           the
           whole
           Nation
           to
           perpetual
           
           slavery
           .
           And
           indeed
           it
           would
           have
           been
           a
           greater
           wonder
           then
           ever
           Sabatai
           shewed
           ,
           that
           the
           Turkes
           took
           no
           advantage
           from
           all
           these
           extravagances
           ,
           to
           dreine
           the
           Iewes
           of
           a
           considerable
           Sum
           of
           Money
           ,
           and
           set
           their
           whole
           Race
           in
           Turky
           at
           a
           Ransome
           ,
           had
           not
           these
           Passages
           yielded
           them
           matter
           of
           Pastime
           ,
           and
           been
           the
           Subject
           of
           the
           Turkes
           Laughter
           and
           Scorne
           ;
           supposing
           it
           a
           Disparagement
           to
           the
           greatness
           of
           the
           Ottoman
           Empire
           ,
           to
           be
           concerned
           for
           the
           Rumors
           and
           Combustions
           of
           this
           Dispersed
           People
           .
           With
           these
           considerations
           this
           Cocham
           ,
           that
           he
           might
           clear
           himself
           of
           the
           blood
           and
           guilt
           of
           his
           Countrey-men
           ,
           and
           concern'd
           in
           the
           common
           destruction
           ,
           goes
           before
           the
           Cadi
           ,
           and
           there
           protests
           against
           the
           present
           Doctrine
           ;
           Declaring
           ,
           that
           he
           had
           no
           hand
           in
           setting
           up
           of
           Sabatai
           ,
           but
           was
           an
           Enemy
           both
           to
           him
           and
           to
           hi●
           whole
           Sect.
           This
           freedome
           of
           the
           Chocham
           so
           enraged
           and
           scandalized
           the
           Iewes
           ,
           that
           they
           judged
           no
           Condemnation
           or
           Punishment
           too
           severe
           against
           such
           an
           Offender
           and
           Blasphemer
           of
           their
           Law
           ,
           and
           Holiness
           of
           the
           Messiah
           ;
           and
           therefore
           with
           Money
           
           and
           Presents
           to
           the
           Cadi
           ,
           accusing
           him
           as
           Disobedient
           in
           a
           Capital
           nature
           to
           their
           Government
           ,
           obtain'd
           sentence
           against
           him
           ,
           to
           have
           his
           Beard
           shaved
           ,
           and
           to
           be
           condemn'd
           to
           the
           Gallies
           .
           There
           wanted
           nothing
           now
           to
           the
           appearance
           of
           the
           Messiah
           ,
           and
           the
           solemnity
           of
           his
           coming
           ,
           but
           the
           presence
           of
           Elias
           ,
           whom
           the
           Iewes
           began
           to
           expect
           hourely
           ,
           and
           with
           that
           attention
           and
           earnestness
           ,
           that
           every
           Dreame
           ,
           or
           Phantasme
           to
           a
           weak
           head
           was
           judged
           to
           be
           Elias
           ;
           it
           being
           taught
           ,
           and
           averred
           ,
           that
           he
           was
           seen
           in
           divers
           formes
           and
           ●hapes
           ,
           not
           to
           be
           certainly
           discovered
           or
           known
           ,
           before
           the
           coming
           of
           the
           Messiah
           ;
           for
           this
           superstition
           is
           so
           far
           fixed
           amongst
           them
           ,
           that
           generally
           in
           their
           Families
           they
           spread
           a
           Table
           for
           Elias
           the
           Prophet
           ,
           to
           which
           they
           make
           an
           Invitation
           of
           Poor
           people
           ,
           leaving
           the
           chief
           place
           for
           the
           Lord
           Elias
           ,
           whom
           they
           believe
           to
           be
           invisibly
           present
           at
           the
           entertainment
           ,
           and
           there
           to
           Eate
           ,
           and
           Drink
           ,
           without
           dimunition
           ,
           either
           of
           the
           Dishes
           ,
           or
           of
           the
           Cup
           ,
           One
           person
           amongst
           the
           Iewes
           commanded
           his
           Wife
           after
           a
           supper
           of
           this
           kind
           ,
           to
           leave
           the
           Cup
           filled
           with
           Wine
           ,
           
           and
           the
           Meat
           standing
           all
           night
           ,
           for
           Elias
           to
           Feast
           ,
           and
           Rejoyce
           alone
           ;
           And
           in
           the
           morning
           arising
           early
           ,
           affirmed
           ,
           that
           Elias
           took
           this
           Banquet
           so
           kindly
           ,
           that
           in
           token
           of
           gratitude
           ,
           and
           acceptance
           ,
           he
           had
           replenish'd
           the
           Cup
           with
           Oyle
           ,
           in
           stead
           of
           Wine
           .
           It
           is
           a
           certain
           Custome
           amongst
           the
           Iewes
           on
           the
           Evening
           of
           the
           Sabbath
           ,
           to
           repeate
           certain
           Praises
           of
           God
           (
           called
           Havdila
           )
           which
           signifies
           a
           distinction
           ,
           or
           separation
           of
           the
           Sabbath
           from
           the
           prophane
           dayes
           (
           as
           they
           call
           them
           )
           which
           Praises
           they
           observe
           to
           performe
           in
           this
           manner
           .
           One
           takes
           a
           Cup
           filled
           with
           Wine
           ,
           and
           drops
           it
           through
           the
           whole
           House
           ,
           saying
           ,
           Elias
           the
           Prophet
           ,
           Elias
           the
           Prophet
           ,
           Elias
           the
           prophet
           ,
           come
           quickly
           to
           us
           with
           the
           Messiah
           ,
           the
           Son
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           David
           ;
           and
           this
           they
           affirme
           to
           be
           so
           acceptable
           to
           Elias
           ,
           that
           he
           never
           failes
           to
           preserve
           that
           family
           ,
           so
           devoted
           to
           him
           ,
           and
           augment
           it
           with
           the
           blessings
           of
           Increase
           .
           Many
           other
           things
           the
           Iewes
           avouch
           of
           Elias
           ,
           so
           ridiculous
           ,
           as
           are
           not
           fit
           to
           be
           declar'd
           ,
           amongst
           which
           this
           one
           is
           not
           far
           from
           our
           purpose
           ,
           that
           at
           the
           Circumcision
           there
           is
           alwayes
           a
           Ch●ir
           set
           
           for
           Elias
           :
           And
           
             Sabatai
             Sevi
          
           being
           once
           Invited
           at
           Smyrna
           to
           the
           Circumcision
           of
           t●e
           First-borne-Son
           of
           one
           
             Abraham
             Gutiere
          
           ,
           a
           Kinsman
           of
           Sabatai
           ,
           and
           all
           things
           ready
           for
           the
           Ceremony
           ,
           
             Sabatai
             Sevi
          
           exhorted
           the
           Parents
           of
           the
           Child
           to
           expect
           a
           while
           until
           his
           farther
           Order
           :
           After
           a
           good
           halfe
           hour
           ,
           Sabatai
           order'd
           them
           to
           proceed
           and
           cut
           the
           Prepuce
           of
           the
           Child
           ,
           which
           was
           instantly
           perform'd
           with
           all
           joy
           and
           satisfaction
           to
           the
           Parents
           :
           and
           being
           afterwards
           demanded
           the
           reason
           why
           he
           retarded
           the
           performance
           of
           that
           Function
           ,
           his
           answer
           was
           ,
           That
           Elias
           had
           not
           as
           yet
           taken
           his
           Seat
           ,
           whom
           ,
           assoon
           as
           he
           saw
           placed
           ,
           he
           ordered
           them
           to
           proceed
           ;
           and
           that
           now
           shortly
           Elias
           would
           discover
           himself
           openly
           ,
           and
           proclaime
           the
           newes
           of
           the
           general
           Redemption
           .
        
         
           This
           being
           the
           common
           Opinion
           amongst
           the
           Iewes
           ,
           and
           that
           
             Sabatai
             Sevi
          
           was
           the
           Messiah
           ,
           being
           become
           an
           Article
           of
           Faith
           ,
           it
           was
           not
           hard
           to
           perswade
           them
           ,
           that
           Elias
           was
           come
           already
           ,
           that
           they
           met
           him
           in
           their
           Dishes
           ,
           in
           the
           darke
           ,
           in
           their
           Bed●chambers
           ,
           or
           ●ny
           where
           else
           invisible
           ,
           in
           the
           same
           ma●ner
           as
           our
           common
           People
           in
           
           England
           believe
           of
           Hobgoblins
           ,
           and
           Fairies
           .
           For
           so
           it
           was
           ,
           when
           
             Solomon
             Cremona
          
           ,
           an
           Inhabitant
           of
           Smyrna
           ,
           making
           a
           great
           Feast
           ,
           to
           which
           the
           Principal
           Iewes
           of
           the
           City
           were
           Invited
           ,
           after
           they
           had
           eaten
           and
           drank
           freely
           ,
           one
           starts
           from
           his
           Seat
           ,
           and
           avouches
           ,
           that
           he
           saw
           Elias
           upon
           the
           Wall
           ,
           and
           with
           that
           bowes
           to
           him
           ,
           and
           Complements
           him
           with
           all
           Reverence
           and
           humility
           :
           Some
           others
           having
           in
           like
           manner
           their
           Fancies
           prepossessed
           ,
           and
           their
           Eyes
           with
           the
           Fume
           of
           Wine
           ill
           prepared
           to
           distinguish
           shadowes
           ,
           immediately
           agreed
           upon
           the
           Object
           ,
           and
           then
           there
           was
           not
           one
           in
           the
           Company
           who
           would
           say
           he
           did
           not
           see
           him
           :
           at
           which
           surprize
           every
           one
           was
           st●uck
           with
           reverence
           and
           awe
           ;
           and
           the
           most
           Eloquent
           amongst
           them
           ,
           having
           their
           Tongues
           loosed
           with
           Joy
           ,
           and
           Wine
           ,
           directed
           
             Orations
             ,
             Encomiums
          
           ,
           and
           acts
           of
           Thankfulness
           to
           Elias
           ,
           courting
           and
           complementing
           him
           ,
           as
           distracted
           Lovers
           doe
           the
           supposed
           presence
           of
           their
           Mistresses
           .
           Another
           Iew
           at
           Constantinople
           reported
           ,
           that
           he
           met
           Elias
           in
           the
           Streets
           ,
           habited
           like
           a
           Turke
           ,
           with
           whom
           he
           had
           a
           long
           Communication
           ;
           
           and
           that
           he
           enjo●n'd
           the
           Observation
           of
           many
           neglected
           Ceremonies
           ,
           and
           particularly
           the
           
             Zezit
             ,
             Numb
             .
             15.
             v.
             38.
             
             Speak
             unto
             the
             children
             of
          
           Israel
           ,
           
             and
             bid
             them
             that
             they
             make
          
           Fringes
           
             in
             the
             Borders
             of
             their
             Garments
             ,
             throughout
             their
             Generations
             ,
             and
             that
             they
             put
             upon
             the
             Fringe
             of
             the
             Border
             a
          
           Ribbon
           
             of
             blue
          
           .
           Also
           the
           Peos
           ,
           Levit.
           19.
           v.
           27.
           
           
             Ye
             shall
             not
             round
             the
             corners
             of
             your
             Head
             ,
             nor
             marr
             the
             corners
             of
             your
             Beard
             :
          
           This
           Apparition
           of
           Elias
           being
           believed
           as
           soon
           as
           Published
           ,
           every
           one
           began
           to
           obey
           the
           Vision
           ,
           by
           Fringing
           their
           Garments
           ;
           and
           for
           their
           Heads
           ,
           though
           alwayes
           shaved
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           Turkish
           and
           Eastern
           Fa●hion
           ,
           and
           that
           the
           suffering
           Hair
           to
           grow
           ,
           to
           men
           not
           accustomed
           ,
           was
           heavy
           ,
           and
           incommodious
           to
           their
           healths
           and
           heads
           ;
           yet
           to
           begin
           again
           to
           renew
           ,
           as
           far
           as
           was
           possible
           ,
           the
           antient
           Ceremonies
           ,
           every
           one
           nourished
           a
           lock
           of
           hair
           on
           each
           side
           ,
           which
           might
           be
           visible
           beneath
           their
           Caps
           ;
           which
           soon
           after
           began
           to
           be
           a
           Sign
           of
           distinction
           between
           the
           Believers
           and
           Kophrims
           ,
           a
           name
           of
           dishonour
           ,
           signifying
           as
           much
           as
           Unbelievers
           ;
           or
           Hereticks
           ,
           given
           to
           those
           who
           
           confessed
           not
           Sabatai
           to
           be
           the
           Messiah
           ;
           which
           particulars
           ,
           if
           not
           observed
           ,
           it
           was
           declared
           ,
           as
           a
           Menace
           of
           Elias
           ,
           that
           the
           People
           of
           the
           Iewes
           ,
           who
           come
           from
           the
           River
           Sabation
           ,
           as
           is
           specifyed
           in
           the
           second
           Esdras
           ,
           Chap.
           13.
           shall
           take
           vengeance
           of
           those
           who
           are
           guilty
           of
           these
           Omissions
           .
        
         
           But
           to
           return
           again
           to
           
             Sabatai
             S●vi
          
           himself
           ,
           we
           find
           him
           still
           remaining
           a
           Prisoner
           in
           the
           Castle
           of
           Abydos
           upon
           the
           Hellespont
           ,
           admir'd
           and
           ador'd
           by
           hi●
           Brethren
           ,
           with
           more
           honor
           then
           before
           ,
           and
           visited
           by
           Pilgrimes
           from
           all
           parts
           where
           the
           same
           of
           the
           coming
           of
           the
           Messiah
           had
           arriv'd
           ;
           amongst
           which
           one
           from
           Poland
           ,
           named
           
             Nehemiah
             Cohen
          
           ,
           was
           of
           special
           note
           ,
           and
           renown
           ,
           learned
           in
           the
           
             Hebr●w
             ,
             Syriack
          
           ,
           and
           Chaldee
           ,
           and
           versed
           in
           the
           Doctrine
           and
           Kabala
           of
           the
           Rabines
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           Sabatai
           himself
           ,
           one
           (
           of
           whom
           it
           was
           said
           )
           had
           not
           this
           Sevi
           anticipated
           the
           Design
           ,
           esteemed
           himself
           as
           able
           a
           Fellow
           to
           Act
           the
           Part
           of
           a
           Messiah
           as
           the
           other
           :
           Howsoever
           ,
           it
           being
           now
           too
           late
           to
           publish
           any
           such
           Pretence
           ,
           Sabatai
           having
           now
           eleven
           Points
           of
           the
           Law
           by
           Possession
           of
           the
           Office
           ,
           and
           with
           that
           
           the
           Hearts
           and
           Belief
           of
           the
           
             Iewes
             :
             Nehemiah
          
           was
           contented
           with
           some
           small
           appendage
           ,
           or
           Relation
           to
           a
           Messiah
           ;
           and
           therefore
           to
           lay
           his
           Design
           the
           better
           ,
           desired
           a
           Private
           Conference
           with
           Sabatai
           :
           These
           two
           great
           Rabbines
           being
           together
           ,
           a
           hot
           Dispute
           arose
           between
           them
           ;
           For
           Cohen
           alleadged
           that
           according
           to
           Scripture
           ,
           and
           Exposition
           of
           the
           Learned
           thereupon
           ,
           there
           were
           to
           be
           two
           Messiahs
           ,
           one
           called
           
             Ben
             ●phraim
          
           ,
           and
           the
           other
           
             Ben
             David
          
           :
           the
           first
           was
           to
           be
           a
           Preacher
           of
           the
           Law
           ,
           poor
           ,
           and
           despised
           ,
           and
           a
           Servant
           of
           the
           Second
           ,
           and
           his
           Fore-runner
           ;
           the
           other
           was
           to
           be
           great
           and
           rich
           ,
           to
           re●tore
           the
           Iewes
           to
           Ierusalem
           ,
           to
           sit
           upon
           the
           Throne
           of
           David
           ,
           and
           to
           perfo●me
           and
           act
           all
           those
           Triumphs
           and
           ●onques●s
           which
           were
           expected
           from
           
             Sabatai
             .
             Nehemiah
          
           was
           contented
           to
           be
           
             〈◊〉
             Ephraim
          
           ,
           the
           a●●licted
           and
           poor
           Messiah
           ;
           And
           Sabatai
           (
           for
           any
           thing
           I
           hear
           )
           was
           well
           enough
           contented
           he
           should
           be
           so
           :
           but
           that
           Nehemiah
           accused
           him
           ●or
           being
           too
           forward
           in
           publishing
           himself
           the
           latter
           Messiah
           ,
           before
           
             Ben
             Ephraim
          
           had
           fitst
           been
           known
           unto
           the
           World.
           Sabatai
           took
           this
           reprehension
           
           so
           ill
           ,
           either
           out
           of
           pride
           ,
           and
           thoughts
           of
           his
           own
           infallibility
           ,
           or
           that
           he
           suspected
           Neh●miah
           ,
           being
           once
           admitted
           for
           
             Ben
             Ephraim
          
           ,
           would
           quickly
           (
           being
           a
           subtile
           and
           learned
           person
           )
           perswade
           the
           World
           that
           he
           was
           
             Ben
             David
          
           ,
           would
           by
           no
           means
           understand
           ,
           or
           admit
           of
           this
           Doct●ine
           ,
           or
           of
           
             Ben
             Ephraim
          
           for
           a
           necessary
           Officer
           :
           And
           thereupon
           the
           Dispute
           g●ew
           so
           hot
           ,
           and
           the
           Controve●sie
           so
           irreconcileable
           ,
           as
           was
           taken
           notice
           of
           by
           the
           Iewes
           ,
           and
           controverted
           amongst
           them
           ,
           as
           every
           one
           fancy'd
           :
           But
           Sabatai
           being
           of
           greater
           Authority
           ,
           his
           Sentence
           prevail'd
           ,
           and
           Nehemiah
           was
           rejected
           ,
           as
           Schismatical
           ,
           and
           an
           Enemy
           to
           the
           Messiah
           ,
           which
           afterward
           proved
           the
           ruine
           and
           downfal
           of
           this
           Impostor
           .
        
         
           For
           Nehemiah
           being
           thus
           baffled
           ,
           and
           being
           a
           person
           of
           Authority
           ,
           and
           a
           haughty
           Spirit
           ,
           meditated
           nothing
           but
           revenge
           ;
           to
           execute
           which
           to
           the
           full
           ,
           he
           takes
           a
           Journey
           to
           A●rianople
           ,
           and
           there
           informes
           the
           Chief
           Minsters
           of
           State
           ,
           and
           Officers
           of
           the
           Court
           ,
           who
           (
           by
           reason
           of
           the
           gai●
           the
           Turks
           made
           of
           their
           Prisoner
           at
           the
           Castle
           on
           the
           Hellespont
           )
           heard
           nothing
           
           of
           all
           this
           Concourse
           of
           People
           ,
           and
           Prophesies
           of
           the
           Revolt
           of
           the
           Iews
           from
           their
           Obedience
           to
           the
           
             Grand
             Signior
          
           ;
           and
           taking
           likewise
           to
           his
           Counsel
           some
           certain
           discontented
           and
           unbelieving
           Chochams
           ,
           who
           being
           zealous
           for
           their
           Nation
           ,
           and
           jealous
           of
           the
           ill-consequences
           of
           this
           long-continued
           ,
           and
           increasing
           Madness
           ,
           took
           liberty
           to
           informe
           the
           Chimacham
           (
           who
           was
           Deputy
           of
           the
           Great
           Vizier
           then
           at
           Candia
           )
           that
           the
           Iew
           ,
           Prisoner
           at
           the
           Castle
           ,
           called
           
             Sabatai
             Sevi
          
           ,
           was
           a
           Lewd
           Person
           ,
           and
           one
           who
           indeavoured
           to
           debauch
           the
           mindes
           of
           the
           Iewes
           ,
           and
           divert
           them
           from
           their
           honest
           course
           of
           livelihood
           ,
           and
           Obedience
           to
           the
           
             Grand
             Signior
          
           ;
           and
           that
           therefore
           it
           was
           necessary
           to
           clear
           the
           World
           of
           so
           Factious
           and
           dangerous
           a
           Spirit
           :
           The
           Chimacham
           being
           thus
           informed
           ,
           could
           do
           no
           less
           then
           acquaint
           the
           
             Grand
             Signior
          
           with
           all
           the
           particulars
           of
           this
           Mans
           Condition
           ,
           Course
           of
           Life
           ,
           and
           Doctrine
           ;
           which
           were
           no
           sooner
           understood
           ,
           but
           a
           Chiaux
           ,
           or
           Messenger
           ,
           was
           immediately
           dispatched
           ,
           to
           bring
           up
           
             Sabatai
             Sevi
          
           to
           Adrianople
           .
           The
           Chiaux
           executed
           his
           Commission
           after
           
           the
           Turkish
           fashion
           in
           hast
           ,
           and
           brought
           Sabatai
           in
           a
           few
           days
           to
           Adrianople
           ,
           without
           further
           excuse
           or
           ceremony
           ;
           not
           affording
           him
           an
           hours
           space
           to
           take
           a
           solemn
           farewel
           of
           his
           Friends
           ,
           his
           Followers
           and
           Adorers
           ;
           who
           now
           were
           come
           to
           the
           vertical
           point
           of
           all
           their
           hopes
           and
           expectations
           .
        
         
           The
           
             Grand
             Signior
          
           having
           by
           this
           time
           received
           divers
           informations
           of
           the
           madness
           of
           the
           Iews
           ,
           and
           the
           pretences
           of
           Sabatai
           ;
           grew
           big
           with
           desire
           and
           expectation
           to
           see
           him
           :
           so
           that
           he
           no
           sooner
           arriv'd
           at
           Adrianople
           ,
           but
           the
           same
           hour
           he
           was
           brought
           before
           the
           
             Grand
             Signior
             :
             Sabatai
          
           appeared
           much
           dejected
           ,
           and
           failing
           of
           that
           courage
           which
           he
           shewed
           in
           the
           Synagogue
           ;
           and
           being
           demanded
           several
           Questions
           in
           Turkish
           by
           the
           
             Grand
             Signior
          
           ,
           he
           would
           not
           trust
           so
           farr
           to
           the
           vertue
           of
           his
           Messiahship
           ,
           as
           to
           deliver
           himself
           in
           the
           
             Turkish
             Language
          
           ;
           but
           desired
           a
           Doctor
           of
           Physick
           ,
           (
           who
           had
           from
           a
           Iew
           turned
           
             Turk
             )
          
           ,
           to
           be
           his
           interpreter
           ,
           which
           was
           granted
           to
           him
           ;
           but
           not
           without
           reflection
           of
           the
           standers
           by
           ;
           that
           had
           he
           been
           the
           Messiah
           ,
           and
           
             son
             of
             God
          
           ,
           as
           he
           formerly
           pretended
           ,
           
           his
           tongue
           would
           have
           flown
           with
           varietie
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           with
           the
           perfection
           of
           Languages
           .
           But
           the
           
             Grand
             Signior
          
           would
           not
           be
           put
           off
           without
           a
           Miracle
           ,
           and
           it
           must
           be
           one
           of
           his
           own
           choice
           :
           which
           was
           ,
           that
           Sabatai
           should
           be
           stript
           naked
           ,
           and
           set
           as
           a
           mark
           to
           his
           dexterous
           Archers
           :
           if
           the
           Arrows
           passed
           not
           his
           body
           ,
           but
           that
           his
           flesh
           and
           skin
           was
           proof
           like
           armour
           ,
           then
           he
           would
           believe
           him
           to
           be
           the
           Messiah
           ,
           and
           the
           person
           whom
           God
           had
           design'd
           to
           those
           Dominions
           ,
           and
           Greatnesses
           ,
           he
           p●etended
           .
           But
           now
           Sabatai
           not
           having
           faith
           enough
           to
           stand
           to
           so
           sharp
           a
           trial
           ,
           renounced
           all
           his
           title
           to
           Kingdoms
           and
           Governments
           ,
           alledging
           that
           he
           was
           an
           ordinary
           Chocham
           ,
           and
           a
           poor
           Iew
           ,
           as
           others
           were
           ,
           and
           had
           nothing
           of
           Priviledge
           ,
           or
           Vertue
           above
           the
           rest
           .
           The
           
             Grand
             Signior
          
           notwithstanding
           ,
           not
           wholly
           satisfied
           with
           this
           plain
           confession
           ,
           declared
           ,
           that
           having
           given
           publique
           scandal
           to
           the
           Professors
           of
           the
           Mahometan
           religion
           ,
           and
           done
           dishonour
           to
           his
           Soveraign
           authoritie
           ,
           by
           pretending
           to
           draw
           such
           a
           considerable
           portion
           from
           him
           ,
           as
           the
           Land
           of
           Palestine
           ;
           his
           treason
           and
           
           crime
           was
           not
           to
           be
           expiated
           by
           any
           other
           means
           then
           by
           a
           conversion
           to
           the
           Mahometan
           faith
           ,
           which
           if
           he
           refus'd
           to
           do
           ,
           the
           stake
           was
           ready
           at
           the
           gate
           of
           the
           Seraglio
           to
           empale
           him
           .
           Sabatai
           being
           now
           reduced
           to
           extremitie
           of
           his
           latter
           game
           ;
           not
           being
           the
           least
           doubtful
           what
           to
           do
           ;
           for
           to
           die
           for
           what
           he
           was
           assured
           was
           false
           ,
           was
           against
           nature
           ,
           and
           the
           death
           of
           a
           mad
           man
           :
           replyed
           with
           much
           chearfulness
           ,
           that
           he
           was
           contented
           to
           turn
           Turk
           ,
           and
           that
           it
           was
           not
           of
           force
           ,
           but
           of
           choice
           ,
           having
           been
           a
           long
           time
           desirous
           of
           so
           glorious
           a
           Profession
           ,
           he
           esteemed
           himself
           much
           honored
           ,
           that
           he
           had
           opportunity
           to
           own
           it
           ;
           first
           in
           the
           presence
           of
           the
           
             Grand
             Signior
          
           .
           And
           here
           was
           the
           
             non
             plus
             ultra
          
           of
           all
           the
           bluster
           and
           noise
           of
           this
           vain
           Impostor
           .
           And
           now
           the
           Reader
           may
           be
           pleased
           to
           pause
           a
           while
           ,
           and
           contemplate
           the
           strange
           point
           of
           consternation
           ,
           shame
           ,
           and
           silence
           ,
           to
           which
           the
           Iews
           were
           reduc't
           ,
           when
           they
           understood
           how
           speedily
           their
           hopes
           were
           vanished
           ,
           and
           how
           poorly
           and
           ignominiously
           all
           their
           fancies
           and
           promises
           of
           a
           new
           Kingdom
           ,
           their
           Pageantry
           ,
           and
           Offices
           of
           Devotion
           ,
           
           were
           past
           like
           a
           tale
           ,
           or
           a
           midnights
           dream
           :
           And
           all
           this
           was
           concluded
           ,
           and
           the
           Iews
           sunk
           on
           a
           sudden
           ,
           and
           fallen
           flat
           in
           their
           hopes
           ,
           without
           so
           much
           as
           a
           line
           of
           comfort
           ,
           or
           excuse
           from
           Sabatai
           ;
           more
           than
           in
           general
           ,
           to
           all
           the
           brethren
           .
           That
           now
           they
           should
           apply
           themselves
           to
           their
           Callings
           and
           services
           of
           God
           ,
           as
           formerly
           ,
           for
           that
           matters
           relating
           unto
           him
           were
           finished
           and
           the
           sentence
           past
           .
           The
           news
           that
           Sabatai
           was
           turned
           Turk
           ,
           and
           the
           Messiah
           to
           a
           Mahumetan
           ,
           quickly
           filled
           all
           parts
           of
           Turky
           .
           The
           Iews
           were
           strangely
           su●prized
           at
           it
           ,
           and
           ashamed
           of
           their
           easie
           belief
           ,
           of
           the
           arguments
           with
           which
           they
           had
           perswaded
           one
           the
           other
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           Proselytes
           they
           had
           made
           in
           their
           own
           families
           .
           Abroad
           they
           became
           the
           common
           derision
           of
           the
           Towns
           where
           they
           inhabited
           :
           the
           Boys
           houted
           after
           them
           ,
           coyning
           a
           new
           word
           at
           
             Smyrna
             (
             Ponftai
          
           )
           which
           every
           one
           seeing
           a
           Iew
           ,
           with
           a
           finger
           pointed
           out
           ,
           would
           pronounce
           with
           scorn
           and
           contempt
           :
           so
           that
           this
           deceived
           people
           for
           a
           long
           time
           after
           remained
           with
           confusion
           ,
           silence
           ,
           and
           dejection
           of
           spirit
           .
           And
           yet
           
           most
           of
           them
           affirm
           that
           Sabatai
           is
           not
           turned
           Turk
           ,
           but
           his
           shadow
           onely
           remains
           on
           earth
           ,
           and
           walks
           with
           a
           white
           head
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           habit
           of
           a
           Mahumetan
           :
           but
           that
           his
           natural
           body
           and
           soul
           are
           taken
           into
           heaven
           ,
           there
           to
           reside
           until
           the
           time
           appointed
           for
           accomplishment
           of
           these
           wonders
           :
           and
           this
           opinion
           began
           so
           commonly
           to
           take
           place
           ,
           as
           if
           this
           people
           resolved
           never
           to
           be
           undeceived
           ,
           using
           the
           forms
           and
           rules
           for
           Devotion
           prescribed
           them
           by
           their
           
             Mahumetan
             Messiah
          
           :
           Insomuch
           that
           the
           Chochams
           of
           Co●stantinople
           ,
           fearing
           the
           danger
           of
           this
           error
           might
           creep
           up
           ,
           and
           equal
           the
           former
           ,
           condemned
           the
           belief
           of
           Sabatai
           being
           Messiah
           ,
           as
           damnable
           ,
           and
           enjoyned
           them
           to
           return
           to
           the
           antient
           Method
           and
           Service
           of
           God
           upon
           pain
           of
           Excommunication
           .
           The
           style
           and
           tenure
           of
           them
           was
           as
           followeth
           .
        
         
           
             
             
               To
               you
               who
               have
               the
               power
               of
               Priesthood
               ,
               and
               are
               the
               knowing
               ,
               learned
               ,
               and
               magnanimous
               Governours
               and
               Princes
               ,
               residing
               in
               the
               Citie
               of
               Smyrna
               ,
               may
               the
               Almighty
               God
               protect
               you
               ,
               Amen
               :
               for
               so
               is
               his
               will.
               
            
             
               THese
               our
               Letters
               ,
               which
               we
               send
               in
               the
               midst
               of
               your
               habitations
               ,
               are
               upon
               occasion
               of
               certain
               rumors
               and
               tumults
               come
               to
               our
               ears
               from
               that
               Citie
               of
               your
               Holiness
               .
               For
               there
               is
               a
               sort
               of
               men
               amongst
               you
               ,
               who
               fortifie
               themselves
               in
               their
               error
               ,
               and
               say
               ,
               let
               such
               a
               one
               our
               King
               ,
               live
               ,
               and
               bless
               him
               in
               their
               publique
               Synagogues
               every
               
                 Sabbath
                 day
              
               :
               
               And
               also
               adjoyn
               Psalms
               and
               Hymns
               ,
               invented
               by
               that
               man
               ,
               for
               certain
               days
               ,
               with
               Rules
               and
               Methods
               for
               Prayer
               ,
               which
               ought
               not
               to
               be
               done
               ,
               and
               yet
               they
               will
               still
               remain
               obstinate
               therein
               ;
               and
               now
               behold
               it
               is
               known
               unto
               you
               ,
               how
               many
               swelling
               Waters
               have
               passed
               over
               our
               Souls
               ,
               for
               his
               sake
               ,
               for
               had
               it
               not
               been
               for
               the
               Mercies
               of
               God
               ,
               which
               are
               without
               end
               ,
               and
               the
               merit
               of
               our
               forefathers
               ,
               which
               hath
               assisted
               us
               ;
               
               the
               foot
               of
               Israel
               had
               been
               razed
               out
               by
               their
               enemies
               .
               And
               yet
               you
               continue
               obstinate
               in
               things
               which
               do
               not
               help
               ,
               but
               rather
               do
               mischief
               ,
               which
               God
               avert
               .
               Turn
               you
               therefore
               ,
               for
               this
               is
               not
               the
               true
               way
               ,
               but
               restore
               the
               Crown
               to
               the
               antient
               custom
               and
               use
               
               of
               your
               forefathers
               ,
               and
               the
               law
               ,
               and
               from
               thence
               do
               not
               move
               ;
               We
               command
               you
               that
               with
               your
               authoritie
               ,
               under
               pain
               of
               Excommunication
               ,
               and
               other
               penalties
               ,
               that
               all
               those
               Ordinances
               and
               Prayers
               ,
               as
               well
               those
               delivered
               by
               the
               mouth
               of
               that
               man
               ,
               as
               those
               which
               he
               enjoyned
               by
               the
               mouth
               of
               others
               ,
               be
               all
               abolished
               and
               made
               void
               ,
               and
               to
               be
               found
               no
               more
               ,
               and
               that
               they
               never
               enter
               more
               into
               your
               hearts
               ,
               but
               judge
               according
               to
               the
               antient
               commandment
               of
               your
               Forefathers
               ,
               repeating
               the
               same
               Lessons
               and
               Prayers
               every
               Sabbath
               ,
               as
               hath
               been
               accustomary
               ,
               as
               also
               Collects
               for
               Kings
               ,
               Potentates
               ,
               and
               anointed
               ,
               &c.
               
               And
               bless
               the
               King
               ,
               
                 Sultan
                 Mahomet
              
               ,
               for
               in
               his
               
               days
               hath
               great
               Salvation
               been
               wrought
               for
               Israel
               ,
               and
               become
               not
               Rebels
               to
               his
               Kingdom
               ,
               which
               God
               forbid
               .
               For
               after
               all
               this
               ,
               which
               is
               past
               ,
               the
               least
               motion
               will
               be
               a
               cause
               of
               jealousie
               ,
               and
               you
               will
               bring
               ruine
               upon
               your
               own
               persons
               ,
               and
               upon
               all
               which
               is
               near
               and
               dear
               to
               you
               ,
               wheresore
               abstain
               from
               the
               thoughts
               of
               this
               man
               ,
               and
               let
               not
               so
               much
               as
               his
               name
               proceed
               out
               of
               your
               mouths
               .
               For
               know
               ,
               if
               you
               will
               not
               obey
               us
               herein
               ,
               which
               will
               be
               known
               ,
               who
               ,
               and
               what
               those
               men
               are
               ,
               who
               refuse
               to
               conform
               unto
               us
               ,
               we
               are
               resolved
               to
               prosecute
               them
               ,
               as
               our
               duty
               is
               .
               He
               that
               doth
               hear
               ,
               and
               obey
               us
               ,
               may
               the
               Blessing
               of
               God
               rest
               upon
               him
               .
            
             
               These
               
               are
               the
               words
               of
               those
               who
               seek
               your
               Peace
               and
               Good
               ,
               having
               
                 in
                 Constantinople
                 ,
                 on
                 
                   Sunday
                   the
                   fifth
                   of
                   the
                   Moneth
                   Sevat
                   ,
                
                 underwrot
                 their
                 names
                 .
              
               
                 
                   
                     Ioam
                     Tob
                     son
                     of
                     Chananiah
                     Ben-Iacar
                     .
                  
                   
                     Isaac
                     Alnacagna
                     .
                  
                   
                     Ioseph
                     Kazabi
                     .
                  
                   
                     Mana●seh
                     Barndo
                     .
                  
                   
                     Kalib
                     
                       son
                       of
                    
                     Samuel
                     .
                  
                   
                     Eliezer
                     Castie
                     .
                  
                   
                     Eliezer
                     Gherson
                     .
                  
                   
                     Ioseph
                     Accohen
                     .
                  
                   
                     Eliezer
                     Aluff
                     .
                  
                
              
            
          
        
         
           During
           the
           time
           of
           all
           these
           transactions
           and
           passages
           at
           
             Constantinople
             ,
             Smyrna
             ,
             Abydos
          
           ,
           upon
           the
           Helespont
           ,
           
           and
           Adrianople
           ,
           the
           Iews
           leaving
           their
           Merchantlie
           course
           ,
           and
           advices
           ,
           what
           prizes
           commodities
           bear
           and
           matters
           of
           Traffique
           ,
           stuffed
           their
           Letters
           for
           Italy
           and
           other
           parts
           ,
           with
           nothing
           but
           wonders
           and
           miracles
           wrought
           by
           their
           false
           Messiah
           .
           As
           then
           when
           the
           
             Grand
             Signior
          
           sent
           to
           take
           him
           ,
           he
           caused
           all
           the
           Messengers
           immediately
           to
           die
           ,
           upon
           which
           other
           Ianizaries
           being
           again
           sent
           ,
           they
           all
           fell
           dead
           with
           a
           word
           only
           from
           his
           mouth
           ;
           and
           being
           desired
           to
           revive
           them
           again
           ,
           he
           immediately
           recall'd
           them
           to
           life
           ;
           but
           of
           them
           onely
           such
           who
           were
           true
           Turks
           ,
           and
           not
           those
           who
           had
           denied
           that
           faith
           in
           which
           they
           were
           born
           ,
           and
           had
           profest
           .
           After
           this
           they
           added
           ,
           that
           he
           went
           voluntarily
           to
           prison
           ,
           and
           though
           the
           gates
           were
           barr'd
           and
           shut
           with
           strong
           Locks
           of
           Iron
           ,
           yet
           that
           Sabatai
           was
           seen
           to
           walk
           through
           the
           streets
           with
           a
           numerous
           attendance
           ,
           and
           when
           they
           laid
           Shackles
           on
           his
           neck
           and
           feet
           ,
           they
           not
           onely
           fell
           from
           him
           ,
           but
           were
           converted
           into
           Gold
           ,
           with
           which
           he
           gratified
           his
           true
           and
           faithful
           believers
           and
           disciples
           .
           Some
           Miracles
           
           also
           were
           reported
           of
           Nathan
           ,
           that
           onely
           at
           reading
           the
           name
           of
           any
           particular
           man
           ,
           or
           woman
           ,
           he
           would
           immediately
           recount
           the
           Story
           of
           his
           ,
           or
           her
           life
           ,
           their
           sins
           or
           defaults
           ,
           and
           accordingly
           impose
           just
           correction
           and
           penance
           for
           them
           .
           These
           strong
           reports
           coming
           thus
           confidently
           into
           Italy
           and
           all
           parts
           ,
           the
           Iews
           of
           
             Casel
             di
             Monferrato
          
           resolved
           to
           send
           three
           persons
           in
           behalf
           of
           their
           society
           ,
           in
           the
           nature
           of
           extraordinary
           Legates
           ,
           to
           Smyrna
           ,
           to
           make
           inquiry
           after
           the
           truth
           of
           all
           these
           rumors
           ,
           who
           accordingly
           arriving
           in
           Smyrna
           ,
           full
           of
           expectation
           and
           hopes
           ,
           intending
           to
           present
           themselves
           with
           great
           Humility
           and
           Submission
           before
           their
           Messiah
           and
           his
           Prophet
           Nathan
           ,
           were
           entertain'd
           with
           the
           sad
           news
           ,
           that
           Sa●atai
           was
           turned
           Turk
           ,
           by
           which
           information
           the
           Character
           of
           their
           Embassy
           in
           a
           manner
           ceasing
           ,
           every
           one
           of
           them
           laying
           aside
           the
           formalitie
           of
           his
           function
           ,
           endeavoured
           to
           lodge
           himself
           best
           to
           his
           own
           conveni●nce
           .
           But
           that
           they
           might
           return
           to
           their
           brethren
           at
           home
           ,
           with
           the
           
           certain
           particulars
           of
           the
           Success
           of
           the
           affairs
           ,
           they
           made
           a
           visit
           to
           the
           brother
           of
           Sabatai
           ;
           who
           still
           continued
           to
           perswade
           them
           ,
           that
           Sabatai
           was
           notwithstanding
           the
           true
           Messiah
           ,
           that
           it
           was
           not
           he
           who
           had
           taken
           on
           him
           the
           habit
           and
           form
           of
           a
           Turk
           ,
           but
           his
           Angel
           or
           Spirit
           ,
           his
           body
           being
           ascended
           into
           Heaven
           ,
           until
           God
           shall
           again
           see
           the
           season
           ,
           and
           time
           to
           restore
           it
           ,
           adding
           further
           ,
           that
           an
           effect
           hereof
           they
           should
           see
           by
           the
           prophet
           Nathan
           ,
           certified
           ,
           now
           every
           day
           expected
           ,
           who
           having
           wrought
           Miracles
           in
           many
           places
           ,
           would
           also
           for
           their
           Consolation
           ,
           reveal
           hidden
           sec●ets
           unto
           them
           ,
           with
           which
           they
           should
           not
           onely
           remain
           satisfied
           ,
           but
           astonished
           .
           With
           this
           onely
           hope
           of
           Nathan
           ,
           these
           Legates
           were
           a
           little
           comforted
           ,
           resolving
           to
           attend
           his
           arrival
           ,
           in
           regard
           they
           had
           a
           Letter
           to
           consign
           into
           his
           hands
           ,
           and
           according
           to
           their
           instructions
           ,
           were
           to
           demand
           of
           him
           the
           grounds
           he
           had
           for
           his
           Prophesies
           ,
           and
           what
           assurance
           he
           had
           ,
           that
           he
           was
           divinely
           inspir'd
           ,
           and
           how
           these
           
           things
           were
           reveal'd
           unto
           him
           ,
           which
           he
           had
           committed
           to
           Paper
           ,
           and
           dispersed
           to
           all
           parts
           of
           the
           World.
           At
           length
           Nathan
           arrives
           near
           Smyrna
           ,
           on
           Friday
           the
           third
           of
           March
           ,
           towards
           the
           Evening
           ,
           and
           on
           Sunday
           these
           Legates
           made
           their
           visit
           to
           him
           :
           But
           Nathan
           ,
           upon
           news
           of
           the
           success
           of
           his
           beloved
           Messiah
           ,
           began
           to
           grow
           sullen
           and
           reserved
           ;
           So
           that
           the
           Legates
           could
           scarce
           procure
           admittance
           to
           him
           ;
           all
           that
           they
           could
           do
           was
           to
           inform
           him
           ,
           that
           they
           had
           a
           Letter
           to
           him
           from
           the
           brother-hood
           of
           Italy
           ,
           and
           commission
           to
           conferr
           with
           him
           concerning
           the
           foundation
           and
           authority
           he
           had
           for
           his
           prophesies
           ;
           but
           Nathan
           refused
           to
           take
           the
           Letter
           ,
           ordering
           
             Kain
             Abolafio
          
           a
           Chocham
           of
           the
           City
           of
           Smyrna
           to
           receive
           it
           ;
           so
           that
           the
           Legates
           returned
           ill
           contented
           ,
           but
           yet
           with
           hopes
           at
           Nathan's
           arrival
           at
           Smyrna
           to
           receive
           better
           satisfaction
           .
        
         
           But
           whil'st
           Nathan
           intended
           to
           enter
           into
           Smyrna
           ,
           the
           Chochams
           of
           Constantinople
           ,
           being
           before
           advised
           
           of
           his
           resolution
           to
           take
           a
           Journey
           into
           their
           parts
           ,
           not
           knowing
           by
           which
           way
           he
           might
           come
           ,
           sent
           their
           Letters
           and
           Orders
           to
           
             Smyrna
             ,
             Prussia
          
           ,
           and
           every
           way
           round
           ,
           to
           hinder
           his
           passage
           ,
           and
           interrupt
           his
           journey
           ;
           fearing
           that
           things
           beginning
           now
           to
           compose
           ,
           the
           Turks
           appeas'd
           for
           the
           former
           disorders
           ,
           and
           the
           minds
           of
           the
           Iews
           in
           some
           manner
           setled
           ,
           might
           be
           moved
           ,
           and
           combustions
           burst
           out
           afresh
           ,
           by
           the
           appearance
           of
           this
           new
           Impostor
           ;
           And
           therefore
           dispatc●ed
           this
           Letter
           as
           followeth
           .
        
         
           
             
             
               To
               you
               who
               are
               the
               Shepherds
               of
               Israel
               ,
               and
               Rulers
               ,
               who
               reside
               for
               the
               great
               God
               of
               the
               whole
               World
               ,
               in
               the
               Citie
               of
               Smyrna
               ,
               which
               is
               Mother
               in
               Israel
               ,
               to
               her
               Princes
               ,
               her
               Priests
               ,
               her
               Iudges
               ,
               and
               especially
               to
               the
               perfect
               wise
               men
               ,
               and
               of
               great
               experience
               ,
               may
               the
               Lord
               God
               cause
               you
               to
               live
               before
               him
               ,
               and
               delight
               in
               the
               multitude
               of
               Peace
               ,
               Amen
               ,
               so
               be
               the
               will
               of
               the
               Lord.
               
            
             
               THese
               our
               Letters
               are
               dispatched
               unto
               you
               ,
               to
               let
               you
               understand
               ,
               that
               in
               the
               place
               of
               your
               Holiness
               ,
               we
               have
               heard
               that
               the
               learned
               man
               ,
               which
               was
               in
               Gaza
               ,
               called
               
                 Nat●an
                 ,
                 Benjamin
              
               ,
               hath
               published
               
               Vaine
               Doctrines
               ,
               and
               made
               the
               World
               Tremble
               at
               his
               Words
               and
               Inventions
               ;
               And
               that
               at
               this
               time
               we
               have
               receiv'd
               Advice
               ,
               that
               this
               man
               some
               dayes
               since
               ,
               departed
               from
               Gaza
               ,
               and
               took
               his
               Journey
               by
               the
               way
               of
               Scanderone
               ,
               intending
               there
               to
               Imbarke
               for
               Smyrna
               ,
               and
               thence
               to
               go
               to
               Constantinople
               ,
               or
               Adrianople
               :
               And
               though
               it
               seem
               a
               strange
               thing
               unto
               us
               ,
               that
               any
               Man
               should
               have
               a
               desire
               to
               throw
               himself
               into
               a
               place
               of
               Flames
               ,
               and
               Fire
               ,
               and
               into
               the
               Sparkes
               of
               Hell
               ;
               notwithstanding
               we
               ought
               to
               fear
               ,
               and
               suspect
               it
               ;
               
                 For
                 the
                 Feet
                 of
                 Man
                 alwayes
                 guide
                 him
                 to
                 the
                 worst
                 :
              
               Wherefore
               we
               Under-written
               do
               Advertise
               you
               ,
               that
               this
               Man
               coming
               
               within
               the
               compass
               of
               your
               Jurisdiction
               ,
               you
               give
               a
               stop
               to
               his
               Journey
               ,
               and
               not
               suffer
               him
               to
               proceed
               farther
               ,
               but
               presently
               to
               return
               back
               .
               For
               we
               would
               have
               you
               know
               ,
               that
               at
               his
               coming
               ,
               he
               will
               again
               begin
               to
               move
               those
               Tumults
               ,
               which
               have
               been
               caused
               through
               the
               Imaginations
               of
               a
               New
               Kingdome
               ;
               
                 And
                 that
                 Miracles
                 are
                 not
                 to
                 be
                 Wrought
                 every
                 day
                 .
              
            
             
               God
               forbid
               that
               by
               his
               coming
               the
               People
               of
               God
               should
               be
               destroy'd
               in
               all
               places
               where
               they
               are
               ,
               of
               which
               he
               will
               be
               the
               first
               ,
               whose
               Blood
               be
               upon
               his
               own
               Head
               :
               For
               in
               this
               Conjuncture
               ,
               every
               little
               Error
               or
               Fault
               is
               made
               Capital
               .
               You
               may
               remember
               the
               Danger
               of
               
               the
               first
               Combustion
               :
               And
               it
               is
               very
               probable
               that
               he
               will
               be
               an
               occasion
               of
               greater
               ,
               which
               the
               Tongue
               is
               not
               able
               to
               express
               with
               Words
               .
               And
               therefore
               by
               Vertue
               of
               Ours
               ,
               and
               Your
               own
               Authority
               ,
               you
               are
               to
               hinder
               him
               from
               proceeding
               farther
               in
               his
               Journey
               ,
               upon
               paine
               of
               all
               those
               Excommunications
               which
               Our
               Law
               can
               Impose
               ,
               and
               to
               force
               him
               to
               return
               back
               again
               ,
               both
               he
               ,
               and
               his
               Company
               .
               But
               if
               he
               shall
               in
               any
               manner
               Oppose
               you
               ,
               and
               Rebel
               against
               your
               Word
               ,
               your
               Indeavours
               and
               Law
               are
               sufficient
               to
               hinder
               him
               ,
               for
               it
               will
               be
               well
               for
               him
               and
               all
               Israel
               .
            
             
             
               For
               the
               Love
               of
               God
               ,
               let
               these
               Words
               enter
               into
               your
               Eares
               ,
               since
               they
               are
               not
               vain
               things
               ;
               for
               the
               Lives
               of
               all
               the
               Iewes
               ,
               and
               his
               also
               ,
               consist
               therein
               .
               And
               the
               Lord
               God
               behold
               from
               Heaven
               ,
               and
               have
               pitty
               upon
               his
               People
               Israel
               ,
               Amen
               .
               So
               be
               his
               holy
               Will
               :
            
             
               
                 Written
                 by
                 those
                 who
                 seek
                 your
                 Peace
                 .
                 
                   
                     Ioam
                     Tob
                     ,
                     Son
                     of
                     Chanania
                     Iacar
                     .
                  
                   
                     Moise
                     Benveniste
                     .
                  
                   
                     Isaac
                     Alce-nacagne
                     .
                  
                   
                     Ioseph
                     Kazabi
                     .
                  
                   
                     Samuel
                     Acazsine
                     .
                  
                   
                     Caleb
                     
                       Son
                       of
                    
                     Chocham
                     ,
                     Samuel
                     deceased
                     .
                  
                   
                     Moise
                     Barndo
                     .
                  
                   
                     Elihezer
                     Aluff
                     .
                  
                   
                     Iehoshuah
                     Rap●ael
                     Benveniste
                     .
                  
                
              
            
          
        
         
           By
           these
           meanes
           Nathan
           being
           disappointed
           of
           his
           Wandring
           Progress
           ,
           and
           partly
           ashamed
           of
           the
           event
           of
           
           Things
           contrary
           to
           his
           Prophesie
           ,
           was
           resolved
           ,
           without
           entring
           Smyrna
           ,
           to
           returne
           again
           :
           Howsoever
           he
           obtained
           leave
           to
           visit
           the
           Sepulcher
           of
           his
           Mother
           ,
           and
           there
           to
           receive
           Pardon
           of
           his
           Sins
           (
           according
           to
           the
           Institution
           of
           Saba●ai
           before
           mentioned
           )
           but
           first
           washed
           himself
           in
           the
           Sea
           ,
           in
           manner
           of
           Purification
           ,
           and
           said
           his
           Tephilla
           ,
           or
           Prayers
           ,
           at
           the
           Fountain
           ,
           called
           by
           us
           the
           Fountain
           
             Sancta
             Veneranda
          
           ,
           which
           is
           near
           to
           the
           Cymetry
           of
           the
           Iewes
           ,
           and
           then
           departed
           for
           Xio
           ,
           with
           two
           Companions
           ,
           a
           Servant
           ,
           and
           three
           Turks
           ,
           to
           conduct
           him
           ,
           without
           admitting
           the
           Legates
           to
           Audience
           ,
           or
           answering
           the
           Letter
           which
           was
           sent
           him
           ,
           from
           all
           the
           Communities
           of
           the
           Iewes
           in
           Italy
           .
           And
           thus
           the
           Embas●y
           of
           these
           Legates
           was
           concluded
           ,
           and
           they
           returned
           from
           the
           place
           from
           whence
           they
           came
           ,
           and
           the
           Iewes
           again
           to
           their
           Wits
           ,
           following
           their
           Trade
           of
           Merchandize
           and
           Brokage
           as
           formerly
           ,
           with
           more
           quiet
           ,
           and
           advantage
           ,
           then
           the
           meanes
           of
           regaining
           their
           Possessions
           in
           the
           Land
           of
           Promise
           .
           And
           thus
           ended
           this
           mad
           
           Phrensie
           amongst
           the
           Iewes
           ,
           which
           might
           have
           ●●st
           them
           dear
           ,
           had
           not
           Sabatai
           Reno●●●t
           his
           Messiaship
           at
           the
           Feet
           of
           Mahomet
           .
        
      
       
         
         
         
           THE
           HISTORY
           Of
           the
           Late
           FINAL
           EXTIRPATION
           And
           EXILEMENT
           of
           the
           IEWES
           Out
           of
           the
           EMPIRE
           OF
           PERSIA
           .
        
         
           YOu
           have
           heard
           in
           the
           foregoing
           ●tory
           from
           what
           Glorious
           Expectations
           the
           whole
           Nation
           of
           the
           Iewes
           were
           precipitated
           by
           the
           Impostorious
           ,
           but
           
             Improsperous
             Vilany
          
           of
           their
           late
           pretended
           Messiah
           :
           
           You
           will
           in
           this
           Relation
           perceive
           farther
           ,
           how
           Signally
           the
           Hand
           of
           Almighty
           God
           (
           about
           the
           same
           time
           )
           went
           out
           to
           their
           yet
           greater
           shame
           and
           extermination
           :
           And
           if
           any
           thing
           were
           capable
           to
           reduce
           that
           miserably
           deluded
           People
           ,
           certainly
           one
           would
           think
           these
           continu'd
           Frownes
           ,
           and
           Accents
           of
           his
           Displeasure
           against
           all
           their
           Enterprises
           ;
           as
           it
           ought
           to
           confirme
           the
           Truth
           of
           the
           
             Christian
             Profession
          
           ,
           so
           it
           should
           even
           constraine
           them
           to
           hasten
           to
           it
           ;
           
             For
             the
             Wrath
             is
             come
             upon
             them
             to
             the
             uttermost
             .
          
        
         
           In
           the
           Reign
           of
           the
           famous
           
             Abas
             ,
             Sop●y
          
           of
           Persia
           ,
           and
           Grand-Father
           to
           the
           present
           Emperour
           ,
           the
           Nation
           being
           low
           ,
           and
           somewhat
           exhausted
           of
           Inhabitants
           ,
           it
           entred
           into
           the
           Minde
           of
           this
           Prince
           (
           a
           Wise
           and
           Prudent
           Man
           ,
           and
           one
           who
           exceedingly
           studied
           the
           Benefit
           of
           his
           Subjects
           )
           to
           seek
           some
           expedient
           for
           the
           Revival
           and
           Improvement
           of
           Trade
           ,
           and
           by
           all
           manner
           of
           Pr●viledges
           and
           Immunities
           to
           encourage
           other
           contiguous
           Nations
           to
           Negotiate
           and
           Trade
           amongst
           them
           ;
           And
           this
           Project
           he
           
           fortified
           with
           so
           many
           Immunities
           ,
           and
           used
           them
           so
           well
           who
           came
           ,
           that
           repairing
           from
           all
           Partes
           to
           his
           Countrey
           ,
           in
           a
           short
           time
           the
           whole
           Kingdome
           was
           filled
           with
           Multitudes
           of
           the
           most
           Industrious
           People
           and
           Strangers
           that
           any
           way
           bordered
           on
           him
           .
        
         
           It
           happened
           ,
           that
           amongst
           those
           who
           came
           ,
           innumerable
           Flocks
           of
           Iewes
           ran
           thither
           from
           all
           their
           Dispersions
           in
           the
           East
           ;
           attracted
           by
           the
           Gaine
           ,
           which
           they
           universally
           make
           where
           ever
           they
           set
           footing
           ,
           by
           their
           innate
           
             Craft
             ,
             Sacred
             Avarice
          
           ,
           and
           the
           excessive
           Extortions
           which
           they
           continually
           Practice
           .
           And
           it
           was
           not
           many
           years
           but
           by
           this
           meanes
           ,
           they
           had
           so
           impoverished
           the
           rest
           ,
           and
           especially
           the
           Natural
           Subjects
           of
           Persia
           ,
           that
           the
           Clamor
           of
           it
           reached
           to
           the
           Eares
           of
           the
           Emperour
           ;
           and
           indeed
           it
           was
           Intollerable
           ,
           for
           even
           his
           own
           Exchequer
           began
           to
           be
           sensible
           of
           it
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           his
           Peoples
           Purses
           ,
           and
           Estates
           ,
           which
           they
           had
           almost
           Devoured
           .
        
         
         
           How
           to
           repress
           this
           Inormity
           ,
           and
           remedy
           this
           Inconvenience
           ,
           without
           giving
           Umbrage
           to
           the
           rest
           of
           those
           profitable
           strangers
           now
           setled
           in
           his
           Dominions
           ,
           by
           falling
           severely
           upon
           the
           Iewes
           on
           the
           sudden
           ,
           he
           long
           consulted
           ;
           and
           for
           that
           end
           call'd
           to
           his
           Advice
           his
           Chief
           Ministers
           of
           State
           ,
           the
           Muf●i
           ,
           and
           Expounders
           of
           the
           Law
           :
           After
           much
           Dispute
           't
           was
           at
           last
           found
           ,
           That
           the
           Iewes
           had
           already
           long
           since
           fo●feited
           their
           Lives
           by
           the
           very
           Text
           of
           the
           Alcoran
           ;
           where
           it
           is
           express'd
           ,
           That
           if
           within
           
             Six
             Hundred
          
           yeares
           from
           the
           promulgation
           of
           that
           Religion
           ,
           they
           did
           not
           Universally
           come
           in
           ,
           and
           Profess
           the
           
             Mahumetan
             Faith
          
           ,
           they
           should
           be
           destroy'd
           .
           The
           Zealous
           Emperor
           would
           immediately
           have
           put
           this
           Edict
           in
           Execution
           ;
           but
           ,
           by
           the
           Intercession
           of
           the
           Mufti
           ,
           and
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           Doctors
           ,
           't
           was
           thought
           fit
           to
           suspend
           it
           for
           the
           present
           :
           But
           that
           these
           growing
           Evils
           might
           in
           time
           have
           a
           Period
           ,
           His
           Maj●sty
           Commanded
           that
           all
           the
           
             Chachammi
             ,
             Rabbins
          
           ,
           and
           Chiefe
           amongst
           the
           Iewes
           ,
           should
           immediately
           appear
           
           before
           his
           Tribunal
           ,
           and
           make
           Answer
           to
           some
           Objections
           that
           were
           to
           be
           propounded
           to
           them
           .
        
         
           The
           Iewes
           being
           accordingly
           conven'd
           ,
           the
           Sophy
           Examines
           them
           about
           several
           Passages
           of
           their
           Law
           ,
           and
           particularly
           concerning
           the
           
             Prophet
             Moyses
          
           ,
           and
           those
           Rites
           of
           his
           which
           seem'd
           to
           have
           been
           so
           long
           annihiliated
           amongst
           them
           ,
           since
           the
           coming
           of
           Isai
           (
           for
           so
           they
           call
           Iesus
           )
           after
           whom
           they
           pretended
           their
           Mahomet
           was
           to
           take
           place
           ,
           and
           all
           other
           Predictions
           to
           determine
           .
        
         
           The
           Iewes
           much
           terrified
           with
           the
           manner
           of
           these
           Interrogatories
           ,
           and
           dubious
           what
           the
           meaning
           and
           drift
           of
           them
           might
           signifie
           ,
           told
           the
           Emperor
           ;
           That
           for
           Christ
           they
           did
           not
           believe
           in
           him
           ;
           but
           that
           they
           expected
           a
           Messiah
           of
           their
           own
           to
           come
           ,
           who
           should
           by
           his
           Miraculous
           power
           deliver
           them
           from
           their
           Oppre●sors
           ,
           and
           subdue
           all
           the
           World
           to
           his
           Obedience
           .
        
         
         
           At
           this
           Reply
           the
           Sophy
           appear'd
           to
           be
           much
           Insenc'd
           :
           How
           !
           sayes
           he
           ,
           Do
           you
           not
           then
           believe
           Christ
           ,
           of
           whom
           our
           very
           Alcoran
           makes
           so
           Honorable
           mention
           ?
           as
           that
           he
           was
           the
           Spirit
           of
           God
           ,
           sent
           down
           from
           him
           ,
           and
           returning
           to
           him
           ,
           &c.
           
           If
           we
           Believe
           him
           ,
           Why
           do
           not
           you
           ?
           What
           say
           you
           for
           your selves
           you
           Incredulous
           Wretches
           ?
           The
           Confounded
           Iewes
           perceiving
           the
           Emperour
           thus
           Provoked
           ,
           immediately
           prostrated
           themselves
           on
           the
           ground
           ,
           humbly
           supplicating
           him
           to
           take
           pity
           on
           his
           Slaves
           ,
           who
           acknowledged
           themselves
           altogether
           unable
           to
           Dispute
           with
           his
           Majesty
           ;
           That
           for
           the
           Christians
           ,
           they
           seem'd
           indeed
           to
           them
           to
           be
           grosse
           Idolaters
           ;
           Men
           ,
           who
           did
           not
           Worship
           God
           ,
           but
           a
           
             Crucified
             Malefactor
          
           ,
           and
           a
           Deceiver
           :
           which
           still
           the
           more
           displeased
           the
           Sophy
           ;
           not
           induring
           they
           should
           so
           Blaspheme
           a
           Person
           for
           whom
           their
           Alcoran
           had
           so
           great
           a
           Reverence
           :
           However
           ,
           for
           the
           Present
           he
           dissembles
           his
           resentment
           ;
           '
           ●is
           well
           ,
           sayes
           he
           ,
           you
           do
           not
           believe
           the
           God
           of
           the
           Christians
           :
           But
           ,
           tell
           
           me
           ,
           What
           think
           you
           of
           our
           Great
           
             Prophet
             Mahomet
          
           ?
           This
           Demand
           exceedingly
           perplex'd
           them
           ,
           not
           knowing
           what
           to
           Reply
           :
           and
           indeed
           it
           was
           contriv'd
           on
           purpose
           ,
           that
           convincing
           them
           of
           Blasphemy
           (
           as
           they
           esteem'd
           it
           )
           against
           their
           Prophet
           ,
           the
           Sophy
           might
           find
           a
           specious
           and
           legal
           pretence
           to
           ruine
           and
           destroy
           them
           ,
           without
           giving
           any
           jealousie
           or
           suspition
           to
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           Strangers
           ,
           who
           were
           Traficking
           in
           his
           Country
           ,
           of
           several
           other
           Religions
           ,
           but
           who
           were
           not
           in
           the
           least
           obnoxious
           to
           his
           displeasure
           .
        
         
           After
           a
           long
           pause
           ,
           and
           secret
           conference
           with
           one
           another
           ,
           it
           was
           at
           last
           resolved
           among
           them
           ,
           That
           though
           they
           had
           deny'd
           Christ
           ,
           they
           would
           yet
           say
           nothing
           positively
           against
           Mahomet
           :
           Therefore
           they
           told
           the
           Emperour
           ;
           That
           though
           their
           Religion
           forbad
           them
           to
           believe
           any
           Prophet
           save
           Moses
           ,
           &c.
           yet
           they
           did
           not
           hold
           Mahomet
           for
           a
           false
           Prophet
           ,
           in
           as
           much
           as
           he
           was
           descended
           of
           Ismael
           the
           Son
           of
           Abraham
           ;
           and
           that
           they
           desired
           to
           remaine
           His
           Majesties
           humble
           
           Vassals
           and
           Slaves
           ,
           and
           crav'd
           His
           pity
           on
           them
           .
        
         
           The
           Sophy
           easily
           perceiving
           the
           Cunning
           and
           wary
           Subterfuge
           of
           their
           R●ply
           ,
           told
           them
           ;
           This
           should
           not
           serve
           their
           tu●ne
           :
           That
           they
           were
           a
           People
           of
           dissolute
           Principles
           and
           tha●
           under
           pretence
           of
           their
           long
           expected
           Messiah
           ,
           they
           pe●sisted
           in
           a
           false
           Religion
           ,
           and
           kept
           off
           from
           Proselyting
           to
           the
           true
           Beliefe
           ;
           and
           therefore
           required
           of
           them
           to
           set
           a
           positive
           Time
           ,
           When
           their
           Messiah
           was
           to
           appear
           ;
           for
           that
           he
           would
           Support
           them
           no
           longer
           ,
           who
           had
           impos'd
           on
           the
           World
           ,
           and
           Cheated
           his
           People
           now
           so
           many
           Yeares
           ;
           But
           ,
           withal
           assuring
           them
           ,
           that
           he
           would
           both
           Pardon
           and
           Protect
           them
           for
           the
           time
           they
           should
           Assign
           ,
           provided
           they
           did
           not
           go
           about
           to
           abuse
           Him
           by
           any
           incompetent
           Procrastinations
           ,
           but
           assign
           the
           Year
           precisely
           of
           his
           Coming
           ;
           when
           ,
           if
           accordingly
           he
           did
           not
           Appear
           ,
           they
           were
           Sons
           of
           Death
           ,
           and
           should
           all
           of
           them
           either
           Renounce
           their
           Faith
           ,
           or
           be
           certainly
           Destroy'd
           ,
           and
           their
           Estates
           Confiscated
           .
        
         
         
           The
           poor
           Iewes
           ,
           though
           infinitely
           Confounded
           with
           this
           unexpected
           Demand
           ,
           and
           Resolution
           of
           the
           Sophy
           ;
           after
           a
           second
           Consultation
           among
           themselves
           ,
           (
           which
           the
           Emperor
           granted
           ,
           )
           contriv'd
           to
           give
           him
           this
           Answer
           .
           That
           according
           to
           their
           Books
           and
           Prophesies
           their
           Messiah
           should
           infallibly
           Appear
           within
           
             Seventy
             years
          
           ;
           prudently
           (
           as
           they
           thought
           )
           believing
           ,
           that
           either
           the
           Emperor
           or
           They
           should
           be
           all
           of
           them
           dead
           before
           that
           time
           ;
           and
           that
           ,
           in
           the
           interim
           ,
           such
           Alterations
           might
           emerge
           ,
           as
           all
           this
           would
           be
           forgotten
           ,
           or
           averted
           ;
           and
           that
           at
           the
           worst
           ,
           a
           good
           summe
           of
           Money
           would
           reverse
           the
           sentence
           .
           But
           that
           something
           was
           of
           necessity
           to
           be
           promis'd
           to
           satisfie
           his
           present
           humorous
           zeal
           .
        
         
           The
           Emperor
           accepts
           of
           the
           Answer
           ,
           and
           immediately
           causes
           it
           to
           be
           Recorded
           in
           form
           of
           a
           solemn
           Stipulation
           between
           them
           ;
           That
           in
           case
           there
           were
           no
           news
           of
           their
           Messiah
           within
           the
           
             Seventy
             years
          
           assign'd
           (
           to
           which
           of
           Grace
           ,
           he
           added
           five
           more
           )
           
           they
           should
           either
           turn
           Mahumetans
           ,
           or
           their
           whole
           Nation
           utterly
           be
           destroyed
           throughout
           Persia
           ,
           and
           their
           Substance
           confiscated
           :
           but
           with
           this
           Clause
           also
           inserted
           ;
           That
           if
           their
           Messiah
           did
           Appear
           within
           that
           Period
           ,
           the
           Emperor
           would
           himself
           be
           obliged
           to
           become
           a
           Iew
           ,
           and
           make
           all
           his
           Subjects
           so
           with
           him
           ;
           This
           drawn
           (
           as
           we
           said
           )
           in
           form
           of
           Instrument
           ,
           was
           reciprocally
           sign'd
           and
           seal'd
           on
           both
           parts
           ,
           and
           the
           Iews
           for
           the
           present
           dismiss'd
           ;
           with
           the
           payment
           yet
           of
           no
           less
           than
           
             two
             Millions
          
           of
           Gold
           (
           as
           my
           Author
           affirms
           )
           for
           the
           favour
           of
           this
           long
           Indulgence
           .
        
         
           Since
           the
           time
           of
           this
           
             Emperor
             Abas
          
           ,
           to
           the
           present
           Sophy
           now
           Reigning
           ,
           there
           are
           not
           onely
           these
           
             Seventy
             years
          
           past
           ,
           but
           
             one
             hundred
          
           and
           fifteen
           expir'd
           ;
           during
           which
           the
           Persians
           have
           been
           so
           molested
           by
           the
           Turks
           ,
           and
           by
           continual
           Warr
           in
           the
           
             East
             Indias
          
           ,
           &c.
           that
           the
           succeeding
           Princes
           no
           more
           minded
           this
           Stipulation
           of
           their
           Predecessors
           ;
           'till
           by
           a
           wonderful
           Accident
           in
           the
           Reign
           of
           
           the
           second
           Abas
           ,
           (
           Father
           of
           him
           who
           now
           governs
           )
           a
           Person
           extreamly
           curious
           of
           Antiquities
           ,
           searching
           one
           day
           amongst
           the
           Records
           of
           his
           Palace
           ,
           there
           was
           found
           this
           Writing
           in
           the
           Iournal
           of
           his
           Father
           ,
           intimating
           what
           had
           so
           solemnly
           pass'd
           between
           him
           ,
           and
           the
           Chiefs
           of
           the
           Iews
           in
           the
           Name
           of
           their
           whole
           Nation
           .
        
         
           Upon
           this
           the
           Sophy
           instantly
           summons
           a
           Council
           ,
           produces
           the
           Instrument
           before
           them
           ,
           and
           requires
           their
           advice
           ,
           what
           was
           to
           be
           done
           ;
           and
           the
           rather
           ,
           for
           that
           there
           began
           now
           to
           be
           great
           Whispers
           ,
           and
           some
           Letters
           had
           been
           written
           to
           them
           from
           Merchants
           out
           of
           Turkey
           ,
           of
           the
           motions
           of
           a
           pretended
           Messiah
           ,
           which
           was
           the
           famous
           Sabatai
           :
           This
           so
           wrought
           with
           the
           Emperor
           and
           his
           Council
           ,
           that
           with
           one
           Voice
           ,
           and
           without
           longer
           pause
           ,
           they
           immediately
           conclude
           upon
           the
           destruction
           of
           the
           Iews
           ,
           and
           that
           this
           wicked
           Generation
           of
           Impostors
           and
           Oppressors
           of
           his
           People
           were
           no
           longer
           to
           be
           indured
           upon
           the
           Earth
           .
        
         
         
           In
           Order
           to
           this
           Resolution
           Proclamations
           are
           issu'd
           out
           and
           published
           to
           the
           People
           ,
           and
           to
           all
           that
           were
           Strangers
           and
           Inhabitants
           amongst
           them
           ,
           impowering
           them
           to
           fall
           immediately
           upon
           the
           Iews
           in
           all
           the
           Persian
           Dominions
           ;
           and
           to
           put
           to
           the
           Sword
           
             Man
             ,
             Woman
          
           ,
           and
           Child
           ,
           but
           such
           as
           should
           forthwith
           turn
           to
           the
           Mahumetan
           Belief
           :
           and
           to
           seize
           on
           their
           Goods
           and
           Estates
           without
           any
           remorse
           or
           pity
           .
        
         
           This
           cruel
           and
           bloudy
           Arrest
           was
           accordingly
           put
           in
           Execution
           first
           at
           Ispahan
           ,
           and
           suddenly
           afterwards
           in
           all
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           Cities
           and
           Towns
           of
           Persia.
           Happy
           was
           he
           that
           could
           escape
           the
           fury
           of
           the
           inraged
           People
           ,
           who
           by
           vertue
           of
           the
           publique
           Sentence
           ,
           grounded
           upon
           the
           declared
           Stipulation
           ,
           and
           now
           more
           encouraged
           by
           the
           dwindling
           of
           their
           pretended
           Messiah
           ,
           had
           no
           commiseration
           on
           them
           ,
           but
           slew
           and
           made
           havock
           of
           them
           ,
           where-ever
           they
           could
           find
           a
           Iew
           through
           all
           their
           vast
           Territori●s
           ;
           falling
           upon
           the
           spoil
           ,
           and
           continuing
           
           the
           Carnage
           to
           their
           utter
           Extermination
           ;
           Nor
           did
           the
           Persecution
           cease
           for
           several
           Years
           ,
           beginning
           from
           about
           
             Sixty
             three
          
           till
           
             Sixty
             six
          
           ,
           at
           Ispahan
           ,
           the
           Cities
           and
           Countries
           of
           
             Seyra
             ,
             Ghelan
             ,
             Humadan
             ,
             Ardan
             ,
             Tauris
             ,
          
           and
           in
           summe
           ,
           through
           the
           whole
           Empire
           ,
           without
           sparing
           either
           Sex
           or
           Age
           ;
           excepting
           (
           as
           was
           said
           )
           such
           as
           turned
           Mahumetans
           ,
           or
           escaped
           through
           the
           Deserts
           into
           
             Turkey
             ,
             India
          
           ,
           and
           other
           farr
           distant
           Regions
           ,
           and
           that
           without
           Hopes
           of
           ever
           Re-establishing
           themselves
           for
           the
           future
           in
           Persia
           ,
           the
           hatred
           of
           that
           People
           being
           so
           deadly
           and
           irreconcileable
           against
           them
           .
           And
           in
           truth
           this
           late
           Action
           and
           Miscarriage
           of
           their
           pretended
           Messiah
           has
           rendred
           them
           so
           universally
           despicable
           ;
           that
           nothing
           but
           a
           determined
           Obstinacy
           ,
           and
           an
           evident
           and
           Judicial
           Malediction
           from
           Heaven
           could
           possibly
           continue
           them
           in
           that
           prodigious
           Blindness
           out
           of
           which
           yet
           ,
           GOD
           ,
           of
           his
           infinite
           Mercy
           ,
           one
           day
           ,
           deliver
           them
           ,
           that
           they
           may
           at
           last
           See
           and
           Believe
           in
           Him
           whom
           
           they
           have
           pierced
           ;
           and
           that
           so
           both
           Iew
           and
           Gentile
           may
           make
           One
           Flock
           under
           that
           O●●
           Shepherd
           and
           Bishop
           of
           our
           
             Souls
             ,
             Iesus
             Christ
          
           the
           
             True
             MESSIAH
             .
             Amen
          
           .
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
         
      
    
     
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A38790-e15100
           
             *
             Sabat●●●rote
             ●rote
             a
             Letter
             to
             Elect
             one
             Man
             out
             of
             every
             Tribe
             .
          
           
             The
             Iews
             scruple
             to
             say
             ,
             the
             head
             of
             Israe●
             .