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A51901	The seventh 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 1642 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.	1694 (1694)	Wing M565DC; ESTC R35023	159,469	386

fix'd Resolution and Readiness to enterprize any Thing of Moment Their Hans Towns are always Jealous of the Neighbouring Princes And these again give 'em Occasion to suspect their Power and hate their Interest which they so often employ against them by encroaching on their Privileges Then the Catholicks and Protestants are always quarelling And one Sect of Protestants perpetually Persecuting another Hence it falls out That the Princes go so unwillingly and rarely to the Diets And when they come there they spin out so much Time in adjusting their private Pretensions Claims and Privileges in performing of State-Ceremonies and in deliberating concerning the Publick Good whilst every one contradicts his Neighbour and labours with all his Might to establish his own Opinion and get it pass'd into a Decree by the Sanction of the Diet that before they come to any Resolves an Expeditious and Potent Enemy might rush into the Heart of the Country and even take all these Northern Blockheads Prisoners The German Empire is Elective and the Power of chusing Caesar is in the Hands of Seven Princes These are First the Archbishop of Mentz Grand Chancellor of the Empire in whose Custody are the Archives and Decrees of the German Diets The Second is the Archbishop of Triers or Treves Great Chancellor of the Empire for France The Third is the Archbishop of Colen Great Chancellor of the Empire for Italy The Fourth is the King of Bohemia Cup-Bearer to the Emperor The Fifth is the Count Palatine of the Rhine Master of the Imperial Palace The Sixth is the Duke of Saxony Marshal or Sword-bearer to the Emperor The Seventh and last is the Marquis of Brandenburgh Great Chamberlain or Treasurer of the Empire There are reckon'd 25 Politick Princes or Dukes in the Empire 6 Marquisses 5 Landtgraves 9 Archbishops and Bishops 47. Abbots who enjoy the Title and Dignity of Princes 12. Abbots of a lower Degree 52. With Innumerable Others too tedious to be nam'd They reckon also 82 Counts of Principal Note besides many of a Meaner Figure They number 49 Barons and Free Lords 90 Hans-Towns and 10 Circles of the Empire In the German Diets this Order is observ'd VVhen the Emperor is plac'd in the Throne the Archbishop of Triers takes his Place just over against him He of Mentz sits next to the Emperor on his Right Hand the Second Place belongs to the King of Bohemia and the Third to the Count Palatine of the Rhine On the Emperor 's Left Hand the Archbishop of Colen takes the First Place the Duke of Saxony the next and the Marquis of Brandenburgh the Third The Hans-Towns which acknowledge no other Lord but the Emperor are grovern'd by their own Municipal Laws and Privileges In some of them the Common People bear Rule in others a Mixture of the Commons and Nobles and many of them wholly obey the Nobility No Man salutes by the Title of Emperor him whom the Princes have Elected to that Dignity till he be crown'd by the Pope or Mufti of Rome They call him Caesar or King of the Romans or King of Germany but not Emperor till the Coronation is finish'd Nor does the Emperor even after he is Crown'd and Establish'd in the Throne exercise an Absolute Power in all things Affairs of Importance being generally referr'd to the Publick Diets or Divans of the Empire Where the Electoral Princes deliberate all Things on whom the very Power of the Emperour himself depends These Diets are very confus'd and tedious in Regard the Princes seldom appear there in their own Persons but send their Embassadors and Deputies who yet have not full Power to conclude any Thing without Particular Orders from their Respective Masters So that a Prodigious deal of Time is taken up in sending Couriers to inform the Princes of all emergent Counsels and Transactions and in waiting for their Express Instructions and Answers again In a word considering the Diversity of Interests carried on by the Electoral Princes their Mutual Feuds and Dissentions Domestick Animosities and Foreign Engagements both on Religious and Politick Accounts it is a Miracle that this tottering Empire stands so long and does not fall to Ruin Especially being environ'd and almost continually assaulted by Three Potent Enemies the King of Sweden the King of France and our Invincible Monarch Not to mention the frequent Incursions of the Moscovites and Tartars the Revolts of the Hungarians Transilvanians Bosnians Croats and other Nations which are counted Members of the German Empire But he abounds in Men and Money with all other Necessaries to support his Wars There not being a more Rich and Populous Region on Earth than Germany Sage Hamet when the determined Period is come God will abase the Pride of these Infidels by the Hands of the True Believers The Riches of the West shall become the Spoil of Eastern Hero's and the Posterity of Shem shall take Root in the Cities of Japhet May'st thou live till that Time to tri●…ph in the Glory of the House of Ismael when they shall be exalted more than in the Ages that are past Paris 9th of the 7th Moon of the Year 1673. LETTER XVII To Cara Hali Physician to the Grand Signior THy Memory is like the Smell of Incense refreshing as VVine of Tenedos in a Goblet of pure Gold VVhen my Heart is almost dead with Melancholy when I can find no Pleasure in Company abroad and the very Elements of which I am made frown upon me when the Time of Night forces me to come home Sighing as to a Prison and the Hangings of my Bed-Chamber look dull and seem to be painted with horrid Tragedies In a word when every Thing in Nature appears in an angry threatning Fit then I think of thee my Friend and that Thought relieves me Thy belov'd Idea is a perfect Talisman working VVonders in my Soul It Charms or Countercharms as my Occasions do require No Fears or Griefs or other Melancholy Passions dare abide its Energy As soon as it appears each baneful Thought is gone the Troops of sad Chimaerae's vanish like the Morning Mists before the Sun Thou art as a strong Tower or Fortress where I can take Sanctuary from my Enemies An Impregnable Cittadel seated on the Top of a high Rock From whence I can look down with Scorn on my Persecutors beneath possessing my self in perfect Security I dare not so much as vent my Thoughts to another tho' a Mussulman for fear of some untoward Consequence So Industrious is the Malice of most Men so vigilant and studious for an Opportunity of doing Mischief And as for these Infidels my Conversation is for the most part Histrionick I am constrain'd to act to the Life a very Zealous Christian and a Catholick When God knows my Heart keeps not time with my Exteriour Actions and Words Not but that there are Scepticks among the Christians as well as among the True-Belivers But they are generally very private and reserv'd For open Blasphemy or what is reputed

Interest of the Ottoman Empire Here I sit like a Fox in his Den watching the Motions of the Infidels If any thing occurrs worthy of Notice out I bolt upon it and make it my Prey and send it as a Present to the August Ministers I write to all by Turns and therefore none has Reason to take Exceptions If thou wou'dst know what they are doing here in the Court of France They are mustering the King 's Troops they are revelling and feasting at Versailles the King 's new Palace where the Princes excercise themselves with the Noble Discipline which they call Running in Squadrons Whilst Thousands of People flock daily to Versailles from Paris and all the Adjacent Countries round about partly to be Spectators of these Royal Paftimes and partly to behold that Gorgeous Fabrick which is esteem'd the Fairest and most Magnificent in the World Serene Bassa this Monarch has a vast Genius Whatsoever he undertakes he accomplishes and all his Performances are surprizingly Great He has a deep Forecast and seldom fails in his Judgment of what will probably come to pass He is happily made born and brought up A Prince one wou'd think design'd by Fate for the Empire of the West Renowned Afis I kiss the Hem of thy Illustrious Robe and with a profound Obeisance bid thee Adieu Paris the 20th of the 4th Moon of the Year 1667. LETTER V. To Hasnadar Bassi Chief Treasurer to the Sultan I AM convinc'd 't is now Time for me to be resolute bold and assur'd in my own Conduct For 't is in vain to ask Counsel of the Sublime Ministers I have address'd my self at certain Seasons to them on that Account ever since I came first to Paris But not one of them has vouchsaf'd me an Answer or given me any particular Instructions how to deport my self in an Emergent Peril of Discovery Whether I shou'd own my self an Agent for the Grand Signior or deny it Whether I should boldly stand the Brunt of all Events or fly to Artifices and Evasions Whether I shou'd persist in acting the Moldavian and continue to personate a Christian Student an Ecclesiastick Candidate under the feign'd Name of Titus or frankly tell them I 'm a Mussulman an Arab and secret Slave of the Sultan I ought to have been certify'd in these Cases and not left at Random to guess at this vast Distance the Pleasure of my Superiours But since it is their Will thus to make Tryal of my Fidelity Prudence and Skill in warding off the Assaults of Common Chance Misfortune and the Attempts of sly designing Men I 'll be as cunning as I can without embarassing my Peace with constant Panick Fears and Apprehensions of I know not what No vain Endeavours to avoid the fix'd Decrees of Fate shall make me change my Lodging or fly from every menacing Contingency I 'll rather trust to Providence and present Courage the Justice of my Cause and Native Innocence leaving the Event to Destiny By what I have said thou wilt perceive I am in some Trouble and I can assure thee thou art not mistaken I 'm hatter'd hunted up and down and persecuted worse than the Foxes Hares and Hinds near Adrianople I 'm an Old Man and yet they envy me the Happiness of a Natural Death they would not have me go down to the Grave in Peace I have been imprison'd threatned dogg'd up and down the Streets assassinated in the Dark had my Chamber search'd my Letters in Danger of being seiz'd with those of the Supreme Ministers I have run the Risque of a Discovery by meeting causually an Infidel whose Slave I once was at Palermo in Sicily I have been undermin'd by Mussulmans as well as Nazarenes by Strangers and by Solyman my Cousin Yet in all these Perils I have acquitted my self Faithfully come off with Success and saved the Honour of my Sovereign which is the only Thing for which I am sollicitous But for ought I know my Care may prove in Vain and the Evils which I have so long fortunately escap'd may now surprize and ruine me As to my self I care not what becomes of me and if the Secrets of my Commission be reveal'd let the Ministers of the Port answer for that who wou'd never give me the least Direction About Two or Three Years ago I was forc'd to remove from my Old Lodgings where I had resided ever since my First coming to Paris The Dangers that then assaulted me drove me to this House where I still am in a very obscure Place by the Wall of the City Yet even hither am I pursu'd by watchful Enemies New Hazards threaten me on all Hands But I 'm resolv'd to fly no more unless it be into the City-Ditch where I can find Admittance through my Landlord's Cellar There is a private Passage dug perhaps in Elder Times during some Siege to serve the streight Necessities of those who then posses'd this House It is so cunningly contriv'd that Human Wit can ne'er discover it unless by Chance or by Direction of those that know it The Ditch is dry the Door of the House always lock'd and my Trusty Host swears no body shall come in by Day or Night till I have made a safe Retreat So that if all the Officers in Paris shou'd come to search I shou'd have Time to pack up my Papers and slink away into my lurking Hole And if they shou'd by monstrous Accident find the conceal'd Avenue I cou'd soon slip into the Fields through the Last Postern in the Wall and lock them in beyond the possibility of Pursuit Whilst I took Care to hide my self afresh or leave the Country This is my Final Resolution if e'er I 'm put to an Extremity again In the mean Time I desire thee to make it part of thy Care that Mahmut shall not want for Money to carry on the Sultan's Private Affairs without a Baulk I do not demand Unreasonable Things Let me but live and have enough to defray the Necessary Expences of my Service and that 's all I crave But let my Supplies be well tim'd and proportion'd that I may husband my Pension to the best Advantage Or else I must always press and that 's a Thing I hate I have writ to all the Treasurers that went before thee on the same Account and with Equal Boldness Therefore take not in ill Part what comes from Blunt Sincerity and Constant Full Desires to serve effectually the Grand Signior It will be very easie for thee to anticipate Mahmut's Expectations without exceeding the Orders thou hast receiv'd Money be damn'd if we cou'd breathe and serve our Friends and carry on the Affairs of Human Life without it I am an Arab and cou'd as freely pass away my Time in harmless Rambles o'er the Provinces of Asia as thus to be confin'd to Narrow Fretting Circumstances the only Effects of too Unshaken Unregarded and Incorruptible Loyalty Wealthy Dispenser of the Ottoman Gold I ask no Alms but my appointed

Essences of Eastern wealth to grace his Entry into Rome The Front of the Procession dazl'd every Eye with the strange Lustre of Diamonds and Carbuncles mix'd in chequer-wise An Orental Figure or rather the Substance of all Asia in Epitome Then follow'd the Image of the Crescent Moon in massy Gold with a Train of Mountains of the same Metal whereon were Woods of Jet Vines whose Grapes were entire Saphires and Animals all of Porphyry Grazing on Fields of verdant Amethysts To sanctify this Glorious Shew the Golden Images of Jupiter Mars and Pallas came next in Sight with Thirty Crowns of Gold born up by the Chief Captains of his Army as if so many Kingdoms were design'd for their Rewards And because Gods and Goddesses should not want a Temple Five Hundred Slaves bore up a Fane built all of Massy Silver washed with Gold And at the Back of this appear'd the Statue of the Conqueror on which no Eye cou'd fix being crusted o'er with Hyacinths and Pearls Behold my Mehmet an Exuberance of Humane Glory Yet wonder not to see a Man come after all a Mortal Man I say made Radiant as the Sun with borrow'd Jewels And to complete his fading Triumph read these Letters all pure Jaspers on his Chariot-Wheels Armenia Cappadocia Paphlagonia Media Colchis Syria Cilicia Mesopotamia Phoenicia Paelestine India and the Desarts of Arabia All these were the Conquests of this Triumphant Warriour and yet his Destiny Insulted over him Poor Pompey thou art gone and all thy Mighty Territories in the East are now possess'd by Sultan Mahomet our Glorious Sovereign And what need thou and I repine after we have seen all this Let Asdrubal astonish Carthage with the Glory of Four Publick Triumphs Yet that Theatre of his Honour quickly proves the Stage whereon he was degraded stript stark naked and in Triumph led away by Death So Marius after he had been exalted to the Top of Human Felicity on Earth was seen all naked lying in a stinking Ditch What is become of Nero's Silver Gallery in the Capitol Or the pendant Gardens of Semiramis which cost no less than Twenty Millions of Gold Where is now the Glittering Hall of Atabalipa King of Peru whose Pavement was of Saphires Or the Gardens of Cyrus fenc'd round with Pales of Gold Or Caesar's Fountains garnish'd with Dryads of the same Metal Where is the Ivory Palace of Melaus or the Crystal Louvre of Drusus All these Things are vanish'd with their Founders How Wise and Happy then was Saladine the Great and most Invincible Conquerour of Asia who Triumph'd o'er himself and in his Victorious Return caus'd a Shirt to be carryed before him on the Point of a Spear with this Proclamation That after all his Glories he should carry nothing to the Grave but that poor Shirt So Adrian a Roman Emperour to qualify the excessive Joys of his High Fortune Celebrated his own Funeral and caus'd his Coffin to be born before him when he was to make a Publick Cavalcade through Rome This was a sacred Triumph an Heroick Insult over himself and Death Let thou and I my Friend imitate these sage Examples and ever have the Image of Death before our Eyes Then we shall never mourn for the vain Trifles we have lost or covet what we ne'er enjoy'd But being ever content with what our Destiny allots us shall pass our Time away in a Divine Tranquility Mehemet thou 'lt find this to be a Profitable and True Experiment Try it and the Issue will convince thee more than a Thousand Counsellors Paris 12th of the 5th Moon of the Year 1668. LETTER II. To Mohammed the Illustrious Eremit of Mount Vriel in Arabia the Happy I Lodge in a House near the Wall of Paris which gives me a daily Opportunity of surveying out of my Window the Adjasent Fields These extend themselves in a Plain for the Space of a League or thereabouts And then the Eye is arrested by a long Ridge of Rising Ground a Row of Hills or Hillocks not meriting the Lofty Name of Mountains yet high enough to put a Valley out of shape and make th' Horizon crump-back'd Those Hills are cover'd thick with Woods and Groves amongst whose verdant shady Tops some Stately Palaces lift up their glittering Crests and make a Sociable pleasant Figure in those Solitudes This Prospect represents so much to th' Life the Valley of Admoim in Arabia the Place of my Nativity that I cou'd as well grasp Coals of Fire with naked Hand and not be burnt as cast my Eye out of my Window on this lovely Landskip and not be inflam'd with secret passions for my Native Soil the Place where I first drew the Vital Air. It is a perfect Magnet to my Spirit wheresoever I am attracting all my Wishes Inclinations and Desires Methinks the Eastern Winds at certain Hours waft to my ravish'd Ears the Whispers of my Countrymen Methinks sometimes I see the Faces of my Kindred and their Rural Train I hear their Voices and converse familiarly with them as tho' they were present Such is the Magick of strong Desire and Sympathy It steals the Soul away from it self and with sweet Violence unites it to the belov'd Object tho' at never so great a Distance Thus when my wandering Thoughts have taken up their Residence for a while in that delicious Vale where I was born a far more powerfull Magnet draws 'em to thy Cave Mysterious Solitary Mirrour of Virtues Exemplary Guide of such as consecrate themselves to God Glory to Him that was before All Time the Father of Eternal Ages He changes not yet is the Source of Indefatigable and unwearied Revolutions He is the only Independent True and self-Existent Being The Increated Essence from whom all other Beings derive their Origin and Conservation He is the Prop and Basis of the Vniverse He is but One the Primitive Vnity and cannot be divided into Fractions yet every Species and Individual Being i' th World participates a Share of his Divinity Immortal Praises exhale from all his Creatures and ascend like Clouds of Incense before the Throne of his Adorable Majesty or like Vapours which the grateful Earth returns in a hot Summers Day by way of acknowledgment for the Benefits perpetually flowing on her from the Sun So all the Elements respire their Thanks to Him that made ' em The Firmament expands its selfe and bows ' down to the Brims of this low Globe Sun Moon and Stars do stoop and kiss the Floor o' th' Earth in token of profound Humility and Devotion to the Immortal Source of Light Onely Ungrateful Man repays the Bounty of th' Omnipotent with Neglects Contempts Affronts and Blasphemies I mean the General Part of Humane Race excepting always from this Charge the Just the Innocent and Pious Were it not for such as these the Divine Patience wou'd be tir'd with the continual Prophanations of vain Mortals Oh! Venerable Sylvan thou art the only Pacifick Victim of this sinfull Age. Thy constant