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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A51890	The third volume of letters writ by a Turkish spy who lived five and forty years undiscover'd at Paris : giving an impartial account to the Divan at Constantinople of the most remarkable transactions of Europe, and discovering several intrigues and secrets of the Christian courts (especially of that of France) continued from the year 1645 to the year 1682 / written originally in Arabick, translated into Italian, and from thence into English by the translator of the first volume.	Marana, Giovanni Paolo, 1642-1693.; Bradshaw, William, fl. 1700.; Midgley, Robert, 1655?-1723.	1691 (1691)	Wing M565CD; ESTC R33498	164,529	390

the Slaves of the Grand Signior wishes thee multiplicity of Happiness I have many Reasons to honour thee besides the Natural Affection which is or ought to be between those who were born in the same Region The many Favours thou hast done me have far exceeded the Obligation which arises from the Vicinity of our Birth Though that was so near that a strong Man would have measur'd the Distance with one Flight of an Arrow The Present of Kopha for which I returned thee Thanks in my last has wrought wonderful Effects on me being a perfect Cure of the Melancholy to which I was before subject It has freed me from many Distempers and I owe the present Ease and Cheerfulness I enjoy to this Generous Gift Methinks while I am drinking this excellent Liquor I am at Constantinople conversing with my Friends It revives in me the Genius of Asia and so advantageously transforms the Idea's of things which I see that the Crosses on the Tops of the Christian Temples appear to me as Half-Moons And my Imagination presents to me Turbants instead of Hats as Men walk along the Streets of Paris Doubtless great is the Force of what we eat or drink which has occasioned all Wise Law-givers among other Sanctions to prescribe certain Rules of Diet And the Care of our Holy Prophet has been exquisite in this Point his Prohibitions extending to all Unclean Meats and Drinks since they deprave the Constitutions of Men and encline them to Vice But by his own Example he recommended to us the Use of this Admirable Berry Imposing a new Name on the Tree that bears it when he called it the Tree of Purification Hence it is that all the Mussulmans affect to partake of the Sanctifi'd Benefit it being the Universal Beverage of the Osman Empire Were the Virtues of it known in these Western Parts it would match if not supplant the Credit of their Wines since it equally refreshes the Spirits without Intoxicating the Brain I know not whether thou hast seen Pestelihali my Brother since thy Return from Arabia Or whether thou hast heard the News he brought with him out of the East He has survey'd the Indies Tartary China Tunquin Persia and other Regions whose Names are hardly known in some Parts of the Ottoman Empire Indeed we have formerly had but an odd Idea of those Remote Countries But especially China has been hid from the greatest Part of the Earth In my earlier Years I have heard Men of Gravity who would be taken for Knowing Persons say That China was but a Tributary Province of the Tartars a Contemptible Corner of Asia and so barren as it could hardly afford Sustenance for its Inhabitants which is a Sign it is well Peopled Assuredly our Fathers were Ignorant of this Country which after the Perpetual Monarchy of the Osmans may be esteemed the Second Empire on Earth My Brother says it contains Sixteen Provinces each as large as a Kingdom And that all together they fill up a Tract of Ground as big as Europe which thou knowest is one of the Four Quarters of the World And that this vast Dominion contains above a Hundred Millions of Inhabitants The Emperour who Reigned when Pestelihali was there was called Zunchin A young Prince not above Thirty Years of Age in whose Veins ran the Blood of Sixteen Emperours his Progenitors In the Year 1640. Two great Officers in his Army having drawn to their Party an Innumerable Company of the Soldiers and being encouraged by some Grandees at the Court made a Revolt The Names of these Rebels were Lycungz and Changien They soon became Masters of Five Provinces But quarrelling about their Shares Lycungz caused his Associate to be poisoned and taking on himself the sole Command of the Rebels was proclaimed by them Emperour of China After which he marched directly with his whole Forces against Pequin a City where the Emperour kept his Court Knowing that the Conquest of this Place would secure to him all the remaining Provinces of the Empire The Chinese are reputed a most Ingenious People excelling in all Manner of Mechanick Inventions and the boldest Architects in the World They build Bridges from one Mountain to another to shorten the Travellers Journey o'er the Plain between them and raise Towers almost up to the Clouds Some of their Cities are said to be near Thirty Leagues in Compass having Double Walls and Ditches And my Brother says the City Pequin wants not much of this Extent And that the Palace of the Emperor is near a League in Circuit environ'd by Three Walls and as many Moats besides Bulwarks and other Fortifications He adds That this Mighty City and Palace is guarded by an Hundred Thousand Soldiers This Impregnable Place the Rebels took by Stratagem which was able to have resisted all the Force of Asia Lycungz held a private Correspondence with several Grandees within the Town and Palace By whose Connivence he sent great Numbers of the Stoutest Men in his Army disguized in the Habit of Merchants who lodging themselves in divers Quarters of the City on a Day appointed suddenly appear'd in Arms and surprising the Guards who defended the Gates slew them all and opened the Gates to the Rebels Who can express the Confusion and Slaughter that filled all Parts of the City with Mourning and Blood The Barbarous Conquerour sacrificed all the Loyal and the Brave to his Unpardonable Ambition disarmed those who escaped the first Massacre and having made himself Absolute Master of the City lays a close Siege to the Imperial Palace The Emperour now finding that he was betrayed and that it was too late to defend himself from the Cruel Persecution and Insult of the Traytors takes Advantage of the short Resistance which some of his Faithful Servants made to consult his own Honour with that of the Empress and his Daughter He had above Three Thousand Wives for whom he could not provide in that Flood of Calamities All his Care being employed to prevent the last Triumph of his Enemies in not suffering the Royal Blood to be shed by the prophane Hands of those Villains He entred into the Gardens of the Palace accompanied onely by his Empress and Daughter with Three Faithful Eunuchs The Young Princess who was a Lady Educated in all the Chinese Learning seeing the great Affliction of her Royal Parents the Inevitable Ruine of their Family and the Universal Desolation fell on her Knees and spoke to her Father as follows My Lord SInce it is the Will of the Immortal Gods thus to extinguish the Lustre and Majesty of our Sublime Race let their Decrees be fulfilled But let not me be a Spectator of my Parents Fall or survive a Tragedy at which the Earth it self must tremble Have this Compassion on my tender Years and let these Eyes be closed before Death seal up Yours from which Mine borrowed all their Light Think not because I am Young I fear to die I long to see our Kindred Gods and represent