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A71025	The history of Tamerlan the great taken out of Alhacent, the emperour's historian, and some other manuscripts / by the Lord de Sainctyon ; now Englished by M. D'Assigny.	Sainctyon, Sieur de.; Alhacen.; D'Assigny, Marius, 1643-1717.	1679 (1679)	Wing S358A; ESTC R7954	175,472	322

of Tartary but also of the whole World The rumour of his march spread every where amongst the people and as the Moon which never continues two days the same this report increas'd and decreas'd according to the affections of the Authors and Entertainers of it But this caus'd the most passionate persons for Calix's Interest to grow cold and alter their intentions The Inhabitants also of this great City gather'd together in Companies some of five hundred others of a thousand others of two thousand to consult but not able to come to any setled resolution for they were afraid of Tamerlan's just displeasure having incens'd him by their baseness and infidelity for they had been sworn unto him and by the Emperours Command had acknowledged him for their Lord. They said amongst themselves that he was lawfully descended from so many Monarchs who had reigned over them very justly therefore their troubled Consciences fancied him at their Gates ready to punish them for having rashly open'd them to a Rebel who had plotted against his lawful Prince Whiles these people were thus justly troubled with several disquieting apprehensions Tamerlan expecting the Forces that he had sent for out of his own Kingdom of Zagatay drew nearer by degrees to the City of Cambalu His Army had pass'd Caindu and march'd strait to Calalia The Inhabitants of Cambalu had been deceived with the deceitful promises of Calix and as many persons do they had flattered themselves with large expectations of prosperity without thinking how deceitful the affairs of the World are and how subject to change When therefore they saw the Prince upon their borders they were mightily perplex'd with fear and displeasure for their Rebellion As soon as Calix understood it he went out of the City with a firm resolution to fight Tamerlan with all his Army He gathered his men from all parts intending to try the fortune of a Battel At the same time he received ill news from the Court that the Emperour was so far from being pleased with his undertaking that he had commanded his Souldiers in considerable numbers to gather together out of all the Garrisons and to march to help his Nephew unto whom in his most desperate sickness when he thought to have left the world he had sent his Imperial Ring giving out an express Command that all his Subjects should obey him as his own Person This news together with that of Tamerlan's approach caused him to hasten to hazard all in a Battel For that intent he took out of Cambalu fifty thousand men partly Inhabitants and partly Garrison Souldiers plac'd there by the Emperour This Garrison was in number thirty thousand Calix had won them by the means of their Officers and Governours who were of his Party and had consented to deliver up into his hands this great City When all his Souldiers were together in a Body they amounted to fourscore thousand Horse and one hundred thousand Foot His design was so well ordered that if the Moscovites whom he had sollicited under-hand had answer'd his expectations and enter'd into the Province of Zagatay to stop the march of the Parthians Army in whom Tamerlan had the greatest confidence it is certain that Calix might have put this Prince to a non-plus chiefly because he had the City of Cambalu to assist and favour him It is therefore very dangerous for such as govern to anger great ones or not to mind their behaviour If their displeasure be incouraged by their Credit and Interest in the Provinces they are more inclineable to stir and cause disturbances We must here acknowledge that the Emperour of Moscovy was a great Friend to Tamerlan in this occasion by refusing to assist a rebellious Subject against his lawful Prince He had in vain endeavoured to disswade him from his wicked purpose and reduce him to obedience Odmar much taken with this just proceeding was wont to speak of it often to Tamerlan so that he was an useful Instrument to preserve friendship between these two Princes As soon as the Succours of the Parthians were come to Tamerlan he march'd with diligence against Calix He understood by the means of two thousand Horse whom he had sent before that the Enemy came to meet him in good order This news caus'd him to detach two thousand more to seise upon the passage of a River named Brior as well to secure his Provisions as to stop there and suffer the Rebels to think upon their fault which either a little time would infallibly call to mind or the want of food unto which he hoped to reduce them or at least to put them in disorder In this particular Rebellious Armies differ much from Royal Armies where Order and Discipline joyn hand in hand and preserve Union and Plenty In this march of the Prince against Calix he forgot not the Command of the Emperour his Uncle to make a notable example of this Rebel and of his Confederates to secure by that means the peace of his Empire and of his days This consideration made him act with caution that he might not miscarry in any thing He saw that his own Army did increase every day by the arrival of new Levies from all parts whereas the Enemies Army wanted already Provisions because they could scarce have any from Cambalu a Wilderness lying between the City and the Camp and certain Mountains at the end of the Wilderness where a Subject of the Grand Cham commanded named Cangi This Lord had promis'd to let the Provisions pass when Calix was in his Territories but as soon as he was at a distance he refused it and took all that came into his hands he had a greater power to perform this because Tamerlan had sent him four thousand Horse to guard him and his Country This grievous accident which Calix never could foresee caus'd him to resolve upon a Battel But Tamerlan understanding his wants and the cause of his speedy resolution had seized all the Passes and Fords of the River of Brior for his own Army it had fourteen miles behind it a fat and a plentiful Country besides the Salt Lake and the River of Ostan which was beyond so that he could stay till the Enemy did assault him for this wise and experienced Prince judg'd it advantagious to him to suffer the Enemy to spend himself and his Provisions by degrees The two Armies stood two Months looking upon one another All this time was spent in light skirmishes When Calix understood the intent of Tamerlan he resolv'd to return back to Cambalu where he knew that he should have all things in abundance and the rather because he understood that some practices were acting against him there As soon as the Prince perceiv'd it he pass'd over the River with all his Army which consisted of one hundred and fifty thousand Horse and two hundred thousand Foot After that he had consulted his chief Officers he resolved to try the fortune of a Battel This resolution was grounded chiefly

some likelyhood of obliging the Ottoman Family to hearken to reason and free the Grecians from their apparent danger and oppressions Axalla soon sent him word that all things were ready and his Souldiers prepared for a March in Sachetay The Prince at this news took his leave of the Emperour his Uncle leaving behind the Princess his Spouse to comfort his Father in his decrepit old Age. These adieux of the Uncle and the Nephew and of the Prince and his Spouse were grievous and troublesome and the rather because she had never forsaken him in all his Travels and Expeditions But when the glory of his Empire the ease of his people and the deliverance of his Friends were concerned nothing was able to keep him He often declar'd That he had been born for War and that he ought to take there his delights and pleasure and that all other things that he acted out of this Sphere he performed not with any affection And he declared That he was appointed by God to bring down the pride of imperious Tyrants The Night immediately before his departure from Cambalu he had a Dream which we may not pass over in silence He thought he had seen a great Company of grave and old Men stretching out their Hands to him intreating him to lend his assistance to free them from certain proud Tyrants that afflicted them with divers Torments He often said That to his imagination he never beheld a more venerable Company that deserved a greater respect and consideration some of them seem'd to him in his Sleep to be cloathed in white beautiful Garments others were attired in Cloth of Gold some of them as he thought had Crowns on their Heads The respect and compassion he had for them obliged him in his Sleep to reach out his hand to them and draw them all out of a very low place where they were shut up The Prince discover'd this Dream the next day after his departure to many of his Attendants but as no person then could presume to tell him the meaning he never mentioned it afterwards He went from Cambalu conducted through the Town followed with the Prayers and Wishes of all the People and receiving all the expressions they could give him of their Love and Loyalty Several persons of quality offered him many Gifts in return of his kindnesses that the City had received from him during his abode there Calibes and the Prince of Tanais attended upon him The Prince was made chief Colonel of all the Infantry instead of Axalla who had been before appointed to be Lieutenant-General of the whole Army and Chief Commander of the Van. Calibes was to bring up the Reer Tamerlan never had more hopeful Troops nor a more numerous Army Every day fresh Companies were coming in from all Parts to join the Army The Lord of Vauchefu of China earnestly desiring to express his thankfulness to his Benefactor by some noted Action had leave granted to him by Odmar to accompany him in this glorious expedition He brought with him twenty thousand of the Chineses who were glad to serve their new Lord and understand the Tartarian Customs and Manners in War Odmar was afraid of some mishap during the Prince's absence not so much from the unconstancy of the Chineses as from the unconstancy of Fortune Tamerlan had sent him word of his designs and expedition unto which Odmar advis'd and encourag'd him telling him also That he was come on purpose to bring down the Proud and raise up the Humble Therefore there was nothing could more displease and anger him than the sight of a proud and haughty mind He made this inclination of his sufficiently appear when he was in China for casting his Eyes and considering that lofty Nation he saw nothing but an empty vanity in all their proceedings I am sent said he to his Officers to bring down the unsufferable pride of these people and I hope I shall abase them After a few days March Tamerlan's Army got as far as Ozara the General Rendezvous of all his Troops And because they were not all arrived he went with his Guards to Samarcande the place of his Nativity from whence he had been absent about three years Zamay came out to meet him with an infinite Multitude of people who filled the Air with Acclamations Applauses and Prayers for his prosperity All the Princes and Lords of the Country met him also to pay him their respects and the whole City did ring with joy for the happy return of their noble Prince whom the people loved intirely He staid there about a Month in the mean while Axalla came with his Troops to the rendezvous at Ozara where he made all things ready for a March and waited for his Princes orders He had sent him the news of the progress of Bajazet and of all his proceedings Tamerlan had sent word to the Muscovites and acquainted them with his intentions to march against the Turks requesting him to send him a few Troops This Prince had heard of the great preparations for War that the Tartars made he was jealous that they were intended against himself but he was eas'd of his fears and rejoyced to hear that Tamerlan was marching with his numerous Army against the Ottoman Family whose prodigious growth had given him cause to be afraid He sent therefore his Embassadours to Tamerlan to offer him in his expedition all the assistance that he desired The Prince intreated him to send him fifteen thousand Horse with some Monies due to him and a free passage over his Country All this was readily granted by the Czar who continued faithful in his Allyance and League with Tamerlan This dreadful Army of the Tartarians caus'd all Men to expect the abasement of the Ottoman power which in a few years was grown dreadful to all the World and insupportable to all their Neighbours for this cause as well as for the Confederacy contracted with the Paleologues Tamerlan was resolved to withstand Bajazet with all his might He chose rather to assault him in his new Conquests than to stay to be assaulted by him in his own Country amongst his people to their unspeakable damage and loss This wise resolution of Tamerlan was intended for these two purposes first his Army would live upon the Enemies●●Country and spend of his Substance securely if Fortune should frown upon him there his own Territories would be never the worse and he should lose none of them thereby so that all the advantage would prove to be on his side Prince Axalla was the chief Agent of this Expedition he govern'd at this time both the Empire and the Emperour His great Authority being a Christian gave a jealousie and displeasure to several Grandees of the Court but his discreet Behaviour and obliging Disposition together with his rare Vertues that appear'd in all the course of his life and the notable Services that he had perform'd stopt the mouths of all envious persons and kept him up in