A proud AND blasphemous CAHLLENGE Given out in denunciation of war, by Amurath the great Turk, against all Christendom.  
Coming with an Army of 1600000, men.  
Emperor of Constantinople.  
Emperor of Rome.  
we alone the only Monarch of the world, a great and mighty God on earth, an Invincible Caesar, King of all Kings, from the East unto the West, Sultan of Babylon, sovereign of the most noble families of Persia, and Armenia, triumphant victor of Jerusalem, Lord posselsor of the crucified God, subverter, and sworn enemy of the Christians, and of all them that call upon the name of Christ.  
We denounce unto thee the Emperor of Rome, and to all Nations taking part with thee, unto the great Bishop also, all the Cardinals and Bishops, to all your sons and subjects, we earnestly (I say) by our crown and Empire, denounce unto you open war.  
We give you to understand that our purpose is, with the power of thirteen kingdoms, and sixteen hundred thousand of men, horse and foot, with our Turks, and Turkish arms, yea, with all our strength and power (such as neither thou, nor any of thine hath ever yet either seen or heard of, much less had any proof of) to besiege you in your chief and metropolitan Cities; and with fire and sword to persecute you, and all yours, and whosoever shall give you help, to burn, destroy, and kill, and with the most exquisite torments we can devise to torture unto death, and slight such Christian captives, as shall fall into our hands, because we hear that you fall out amongst yourselves, therefore we will regulate you.  
We will keep you as slaves, and use you like dogs in continual misery, impaile your fairest sons, and daughters upon stakes, and to the future shame, and reproach of you and yours, we will after a most bloody, and cruel manner, rip open your women with child, and trample their children under our feet; for we are resolved to bring into our subj●ction you which cannot rule quietly in small Countries, and by a strong hand and force of arms to keep your kingdoms from you; as also to oppress, root up, and destroy, your Sees, together with the golden sceptre of Rome, and we will prove whether your crucified Jesus will help you, and do for you as yours persuade you. Beleove him still and trust in him, and see how he hath holpen his messengers which have put their confidence in him; for we neither beeleve, neither can we endure to hear of such incomprehensible things, that he can help which is dead so many worlds of years ago, which could not help himself, nor deliver his own Country and Inheritance, from our power, over which we have a long time reigned.  
These things, oh ye poor and miserable of the world, we thought good to signify unto you that you with your Princes and councillors may know what you have to do, and to look for.  
Given in our most mighty, and imperial City of Constantinople, which our Ancestors by force of arms took from yours, and having slain, and taken prisoners all their Citizens, reserved such of their wives and children as they pleased, unto their lust, to your perpetual infamy and shame.