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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A08154	Nevves from Turkie and Poland. Or A true and compendious declaration of the proceedings betweene the great Turke, and his Maiestie of Poland, from the beginning of the warres, vntill the latter end VVith a relation of their daily millitary actions; shewing plainly how the warre continued and ended, peace was concluded, the troubles appeased, the articles of agreement confirmed, and a full league of amity ratified. Translated out of a Latine copie, written by a gentleman of quality, who was an actor in all the businesse: and now with his consent published.		1622 (1622)	STC 18507.36; ESTC S118695	25,539	54

was our losse and the doubtfulnesse of the victory that all Europe rang with our ouerthrow and in Hungary it was reported how he was come as farre as Sendomiria and Cracouia but God be thanked it fell out otherwise and as now the tale is told a strange accident affirghted them all which we knew not then nor doe we now presume vpon either as our deseruing or cause of preseruation The same day an Earthquake chaunced in the Turkes Camp in such a fearefull and palpable manner that the whole Army ranne out of their Tents leauing the Emperour with some certaine Chamberers and Ianizaries alone in his who on a suddaine demaunded what was become of his Army to whom it was answered That part were gone vpon a Camisado on the Polonians and part were ranne out as amazed at the Earthquake And part now the curse of Mahomet part them said he What doe I here to be a scorne to you all and a derision to posterity With that he snatched at a Semiter and whether he meant to strike at them or dispatch himselfe they could not tell But thus preuented hee fell groueling on the ground and vp againe with a distempred countenance and wringing his hands wherein his distemperature moued commiseration and they all stood amazed to see 14. yeares so apprehensiue to distinguish betweene glory and shame but were confounded altogether to heare him vtter these words and vent out a passion in such an heroick manner Oh God! that hast giuen vs bread and enlarged our Empire with the territories of Iewes Christians and Kingdomes beside that hast made the house of Othoman a scourge and terrour to all Nations and enlarged our renowne before any Prince vnder the Sunne that hast giuen vs a Prophet and a Law whereby our Alcharon is without opposition that hast made our sacra porta a wonder in nature and aduanced our great Citty on a hill of eminency that the Nations may call Stanbole beautifull and come from a farre to behold our Seralio But what shall become of all this Shall my youth temerity cowardize or misfortune adde a fatall period to this glory or all my Auncestors victories wrapped vp in the Cipres chests of my destiny and ominous proceedings Shall all these Kingdoms resume a new courage of reuolting as if the Mahumetane Empire were now at the highest and my disastrous childishnesse the discouerer of the secret Shall Othomans ashes be metamorphozed into some horrid shape to exprobrate my pufillanimity and tell me to my face I am more worthy of a rod then a Scepter Shall Mahomet come from Paradise and assure me the gates shal be in the in the inside against me for abusing the trust committed to me and playing the suckling when I was to fight his battailes in the field Oh what an excruciation is this Haue all my Predicessors done something in the world as an addition of honour and enlargement of their fame saue onely my selfe who am now so farre from doing of any thing worthy the least report that in steed of memorable actions and heroick attempts I must returne with shame and discomfiture nay as they tell me make a peace with a petty Prince and Prouince when my Predicessours neuer pitched their Tents nor aduanced the Standarts of our Cressant but had all the Princes of Europe with the wings of the winde to flye in their faces and yet to no purpose And now and now am I borne to shame and confusion Oh God! Oh Mahomet shall it be thus To this or the like purpose was that day spent by the young Prince till at last as you see the vpper streames of a Riuer follow one another mischiefe att●nded mischiefe and the cries of wounded men assured him there was newes of another slaughter to torment him then grew he so mad indeed that no body durst come in his sight had not the Musty and some Doctors of the Law leuiated this phrenzie with honest discourse and from example made a Cataplasme as it were for his sore telling him the story of Baiazet whom Tamberlaine bound in chains and of Soliman the magnificent who after many glorious victories saw the malice of a woman to destroy his sonne Mustapha and the rest of his family and of many others who had as great touches of grieuances as men were were subiect vnto either beare them out brauely with the scorne of disquiet or recouered their renownes with a new industry that was shrinking frō them by giuing way to feare or impatience and therefore it is wisedome and magnanimity to put in practise the best examples and of all other things to yeeld to opportunity as for the peace now to be considered on There was no disparagement to his Honour and the greatest Monarchs in the world haue yeelded to necessity in such constraints Againe Fortune was not alwayes disposed to be waaton nor would at all times attend the chariot of Warre therefore it was best yeelding a little to time especially now when warlike Nations had learned this discipline to enclose an Army within Trenches and Pallisadoes that durst not endure the fury of a battail● nor the violence of such forces as were sure to make their way in the open fields Besides experience had discouered this secret that a well fortified Towne was now longer a winning and battering then a whole Prouince in times past in ouer-running and conquering In this manner they pacified the young Prince and prepared him against all manner of ominous accidents so that when the Treaty of Peace came in deed the Commissioners proceeded as you haue heard and not onely e●fected that which they went for but returned with sufficient reward and equall acceptation relating the matter as it chanced and certifying our Prince with the whole discourse while he was resident at Camenices Thus far gentle Reader hath one Letter brought me and the businesse which being in a high Latine phrase and a Polish Character doth warrant it came from some Gentleman of quality or Souldier of account or both in one man who was sure an actor in the same and heerein I haue not failed in any substance of matter except in some circumstance of time or Ortography of proper names mistaking a Z for an L or an s for an r with such like c. which such as know the Countrey may easely mend and such as know not may yet vnderstand the truth of the businesse without taking exceptions at the accent of proper places onely I must confesse I finde not the word Rex in all the Letter but at the latter end onely illusrissimus Princeps is often named which whether it meane the Father or Sonne I leaue it to him that can iudge by the coherence of the sentences and application of the diuisions what is done is meerely for thy satisfaction and what is to be done will afford you the like pleasure For in both you may see the mercy of a great God and the vanity of a presumptuous