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A35310	The antient and present state of Muscovy containing a geographical, historical, and political account of all those nations and territories under the jurisdiction of the present czar : with sculptures and a new map / by J.C., M.D., Fellow of the Royal Society, and a member of the College of Physicians, London.	Crull, J. (Jodocus), d. 1713?	1698 (1698)	Wing C7424; Wing C7425; ESTC R2742	334,877	511

put into a general Consternation the Great Duke surrounded by a great Number of his Guards appeared in the Market-place seating himself near the Caldron of boiling Water But perceiving that the Generality of the Citizens had out of Fear either abandon'd their Houses or at least absconded and dispersed themselves into the other Quarters of the the City he rid in Person through the Streets crying out to them Let nothing disturb you Come and see what I am going to do I give you my Word that nothing shall hurt you you may come forth without the least Danger to your selves Therefore come forth and see what a Spectacle I am preparing for you The People partly out of Fear partly out of Curiosity flocked to the Market-place where they saw 400 Noble-men of the most antient Families in Muscovy coupled together Two and Two like Hounds and so miserably disfigured by the Violence of the Torture that they were almost not to be known by their nearest Kindred To gratifie in some measure the People he selected 180 out of their Number Vnto these said he I give their Lives for your sakes I will pardon them all their Offences Let them be presently discharged Which being done accordingly The first that was brought forth to Execution was John Michaelovits Wiskowaty his Chancellor descended from one of the most antient Families in Muscovy Who being charged with Keeping great Correspondence with the King of Poland and inviting the Turks and Tartars to invade Muscovy when he was just going to be put on one of the Gibbets he spoke these following Words I call God Almighty the Infallible Searcher of Hearts to witness of what I am going to say to be true I confess my self before him to be a miserable Sword● and trust in his Mercy through the Blood of his 〈◊〉 beloved Son But as to what concerns the Station I was lately in by the Great Duke's Favour I protest to God that I have always discharged my Trust faithfully as I ought to do towards him and therefore I appeal at this Instant to the Tribunal of God where when I shall meet the Duke I will make my Innocence appear to the Great Judge of Heaven and Earth I am sensible that O Duke such is thy Ambition such is thy Avarice and Thirst after innocent Blood that nothing but my Life can satisfie thee at present Glut thy self therefore with innocent Blood but remember that thou must one Day give a most severe Account of all these most barbarous Cruelties Whilst he was going on in his Discourse the Executioner by the Great Duke's Order tied him up to one of the Gibbets with his Feet upwards and his Head hanging down This done one of the Captains of his Guards asked him what he would have farther done with this Malefactor Every one of you said he that belong to my Court here present shall lend an helping Hand to send this Traytor out of the World whom I will have cut Limb by Limb. He had no sooner spoke the Word but the first Captain of his Guards called Molutlo dismounting his Horse he with a little Knife cut off his Right Ear the Second his Left the Third his Lips and so every one in their Turn the rest of his Limbs The Secretary of the Grand Duke being also to have his Share in the Execution at last cut off his Privy Members of which he immediately died Which the Duke perceiving and believing that it had been done on purpose to shorten the Chancellor's Misery he ordered him to eat them instantly which he was forced to do The dead Body of the Chancellor being taken from the Gibbet and cut into small pieces the next that was brought upon the Scaffold was Michael Tum●chow the Lord High Treasurer of Musc●●y for no other reason but that he had been an intimate Friend of the Chancellors he was very short in his Expressions saying only these Words I appeal to God from whom nothing can be hidde● 〈◊〉 I never was guilty of any trespass against my Lord and Master and that I have faithfully and without any fraud discharged my Office wherefore I summon thee O Great Duke to appear on the last day of Judgment before the Tribunal of God where thou shalt be obliged to make ample satisfaction to me Having ended these Words he was tied up to the Gibbet in the same manner as the Chancellor with his Head downwards and very close shaved After he had hung thus for some time two of the Captains of his Guards each with a bucket of Water whereof one was Cold the other fill'd out of the Chaldron with Boiling Water we mentioned before approached to the Gibbet and he with the cold Water having first washed his Head the other continually poured the Boiling hot Water upon it till the Skin was quite shriveled together and the poor Treasurer at last died in the midst of the most exquisite Torments The third in order was his Cook who underwent the same Fate as the Chancellor being cut to pieces Limb by Limb. After these follow three of the Great Duke's chief Secretaries George Czapkinou John Buthakow and Basili Stepanow these were all together with their Wives and Children cut in pieces in the Great Duke's presence by his Guards At last two hundred of these Noble Men we spoke of before were brought before the Great Duke upon the Scaffold who having Condem'd them to Die without as much as naming their Crime they were in an instant cut to pieces by his Guards before his Face To conclude the Tragedy the Great Duke ordered to be brought before him out of Prison where he had been detained a great while a certain person venerable for his Old Age and Nobility as being extracted from a very ancient Family whom he run through the Body with his own Lance and not satisfied with that after the Old Man lay upon the Ground wallowing in his Blood gave him at least Fifteen or Sixteen Wounds more till he died upon the Spot This Spectacle having thus continued for four Hours the Tyrant before he returned to the Castle would needs give a Visit to the Widow of the Treasurer whom he had caused to be executed just before She was Sister to the Duke Wiazinski and one of the handsomest Ladies in all Muscovy whom he found shut up in her Bed-chamber all over whelmed with Grief and lamenting the miserable Death of her Husband in Terms so Passionate that it would have moved Compassion in a heart of Stone But the Tyrant being void of all sense of Humanity no sooner entred the House but ordered her to be stript stark Naked and to be set with her bare Buttocks upon a Rope fastned titely for that purpose betwixt two Posts and so to be drawn upon the Rope till the tender Flesh of this Pretty Creature not being able to resist long the violence of this motion was torn every where to the very Bones of which she died some days after She had a

he is his Czarish Majesty's Galop or Slave It is therefore the Czar alone that gives Laws to the People it is he that disposeth of the Government of Provinces it is he that Levies Taxes makes Peace and War and to be short does what he pleases For tho' he consults in Matters of Importance with his Boyars or Councellors yet besides that this Counsel is of his own Chusing he does not always follow it but reserves to himself the Prerogative of doing what he judges most convenient The Honours of Knez Boyars Dukes or Princes owe all their Origin to the Czar's Favour which they bestow upon such as they would Reward for their Services and the greatest of them depend upon the Czar's meer Pleasure and own publickly that all they have belongs to God and Them Nay formerly within our Age they were whipt like the vilest Slaves and that sometimes for a small matter but of late years small miscarriages have been punished with two or three days Imprisonment This Slavish Subjection seems to be natural to the Muscovites forasmuch as in all these several Revolutions that have happened there in our Age they have frequently changed their Masters but never shew'd the least inclination of changing the Form of their Government which the Sovereign Power has devolved into their hands The wiser sort among them were perhaps sensible that those who are good Slaves make the worst Freemen in the World not only their natural Inclination but also their Education having infused into them the Principles of Passive Obedience in so transcendent a Degree as not to have the true Sense of that Liberty we enjoy in these Parts This is sufficiently evident out of their whole Behaviour both in publick and private None among them of what Quality soever approaches the Czar with a Petition or otherwise but he names himself in the Diminutive As for instance if his Name be Peter he will say I little Peter do implore c. When they are to be admitted into his Presence they say Shall I have the Honour to see the brightness of the Eyes of His Czarish Majesty If you ask them a Question that surpasses their Judgment they will answer God and the Czar knows and nothing is more frequent in their common Discourse than to own that all what they have is at God's and the Czar's Disposal The Great Duke John Basilowits was the first that reduced them to this entire Submission for when most of these Territories now under the Subjection of the Grand Czar of Muscovy were divided into a great many Principalities Govern'd by their own Laws and Princes there is no question but that the Nobility had their Share in the Government here as well as they had in former Ages in most Countreys of Europe and what confirms me the more in this Opinion is that at the Solemnity of the Czar's Coronation among other Things the Estates Ecclesiastical and Temporal are mentioned by the Patriarch as we shall see anon This entire Resignation and Subjection of the Muscovites to the Absolute Disposal of their Sovereign has ever since been maintain'd by three general Maxims The first is that no body is allow'd upon pain of Death to travel out of Muscovy without leave of his Czarish Majesty The second is that the Czar never Marries a foreign Princess but looks out for a Spouse among his own Subjects The third is the Discouragement of Learning and Sciences their Knowledge even of the Priests themselves not reaching beyond Reading and Writing their own Language The reason of it is obvious for asmuch as Ignorance makes people supple and conduces much to the easie Conservation of what by a long Custom and Education has been implanted in them whereas Knowledge is merely without Ambition Lycurgus was not ignorant of this Maxim when he establish'd Ignorance as one of the fundamental Laws of his Republick And the Emperours Valentinian and Licinius used to term Learning the Plague and Poyson of Sovereignty And that by Travelling abroad they might not be enamour'd with the sweet taste of Liberty other Nations enjoy and perhaps by their Conversation be instructed in such Matters as were not to be learn'd at home they were not only prohibited to go abroad into other Countreys but also Persons of a high Rank debarr'd from Conversing with foreign Ministers in their own Country without the Great Duke's express Permission And for fear that by introducing a foreign Princess some new Customs might be introduced among the Muscovites which in time might cause an Alteration in the State the Czars of Muscovy quite contrary to what is practised by other Princes in Europe always chuse their Spouses among their own Subjects The Czar being thus secure of his Subject's entire Obedience he alone creates and deposes Magistrates and orders them to be punished at Pleasure He appoints the Governours and Lieutenants of Provinces for the Management of the antient Demesnes and the Administration of Justice they have a Diack or Secretary and sometimes another Assessor join'd with them and take Cognisance of all Matters giving a final and absolute Judgment in all Causes and have full Power to see their Sentences put in Execution without any Appeal unless the Cause be removed before Judgment given to one of the Pricas or Courts of Justice in Musco They are changed from three years to three years Besides these Courts kept by the Waywode or Governour in the Provinces there are a great many others who are all kept in the City of Musco and are call'd Pricas where always one of the Boyars or the Czar's Ministers is President having join'd with him sometimes one sometimes more Assessors and a Diack or Secretary The chiefest are Pomiestnoi Pricas where a Register is kept of all Manors held by homage and the Sutes concerning them are adjudged and the Duties belonging to the Great Duke received In the Casanskoi and Siberskoy Pricas all differences of the Provinces of Casan and Siberia are determined and Accompts kept of all the Furs coming from thence to the Great Duke In the Rosboinoy Pricas all Robberies upon the High-way Murthers and other Criminal Causes are Judged The Provinces of Gallitz and Wolodimer have also their particular Pricas which is called Galliasko-Volodimirski Pricas as Novorodkoi Pricas belongs to Novogorod and Nise-novogorod The Knez and Boyars have their own Pricas as have also the Gentlemen and Officers of the Court The Diacks Secretaries Clerks c. have their own Judge In the Monasterski Pricas all Ecclesiastical Persons whether Secular Priests or Monks are judged except it be in priviledged Cases Besides which the Patriarch has his particular Pricas There are a great many other Pricas or Courts of Justice as those for the Czar's Factors for his Revenues for the Galops or Slaves for the Retalers of Wine Aqua Vitae and Hydromel or Mead for his Smiths Armourers Cannoneers For the Military Officers for the Cavalry and many more too many to be described here Besides which

till 1697 By R. K. c. The Doctrine of Acids in the Cure of Diseases farther asserted Being an Answer to some Objections raised against it by Dr. F. Guthill of Dorchester in Dorsetshire in which are contained some things relating to the History of Blood as also an Attempt to prove what Life is and that it is principally supported by an Acid and Sulphur To which is added an exact Account of the Case of Edmund-Turner Esq deceased as also the Case of another Gentleman now living exact●y parallel to Mr. Turners By Joh●● Colebatch a Member of the College of Physicians London The History of Poland in several Letters to Persons of Quality Giving an Account of the Antient and Present State of that Kingdom Historical Geographical Physical Political and Ecclesiastical viz. It s Origine and Extent With a Description of its Towns and Provinces the succession and remarkable Actions of all its Kings and of the Great Dukes of Lithuania The Election Power and Coronation of the King The Senate or House of Lords The Diet and form of Government The The Priviledges of the Gentry their Religion Learning Language Customs Habits Manners Riches Trade and Millitary Affairs together with the state of Physick and Natural Knowledge as also an Account of the Tutonick Order and of the D. of Curland his Family and Territories with Sculptures a new Map after the best Geographers with several Letters relating to Physick By B. Connor Fellow of the Royal Society c. Books Printed for A. Bosvile at the Dial against St. Dunstan's Church in Fleet-street 1697. THe Memoirs of the Count de Rochefo●t containing an Account of what past most memorable under the Ministry of Cardinal Richelieu and Cardinal Mazarin with many particular passages of the Reign of Lewis the present French King never before in Print made English from the French the Second Edition Corrected The Christian Belief Wherein is Asserted and Proved That as their is nothing in the Gospel contrary to Reason yet there are some Doctrines in it above Reason and these being necessarily enjoyn'd us to Believe are properly call'd Mysteries in an Answer to a Book intituled Christianity not Mysterious The Second Edition with a Preface and other Additions A Discourse of Conscience Published chiefly for the Benefit of the Unlearned tho' it may also be useful to others Together with Brief Reflections upon that which the Author of Christianity not mysterious saith upon that known Text 1 Tim. 3 16. The Interpretation of Dreams digested into ●ive Books by that Ancient and Excellent Philosopher Artimedorus The Eleventh Edition much corrected by an old Original Copy with the Life of the Author with many more Additions with the Judgment of some of our Modern English Writers concerning the good use to be made of some Dreams and the Table very much amended Vol. II. CHAP. I. Containing a full Relation of the Revolutions in the Muscovian Empire after the Death of that Great Tyrant John Basilovits to wit Vnder the Reigns of Fedor Ivanovits his Son Boris Goudenou his Son Fedor and the Counterfeit Demetrius JOhn Basilovits had by Anastasia his first Lady two Sons John and Fedor or Theodor the first having been slain by his Father 's own Hands as we told before Fedor Ivanovits was after his eldest Brother's Death the next Heir to the Empire and accordingly Crown'd Grand Czar of Muscovy when he was scarce two and twenty years of Age. He was Married some years before his Father's Death to Irene Sister of Boris Goudenou a Lady of a very lofty Temper and Carriage by whom having no Issue he had been several times commanded by his Father to send her into a Monastery according to the Custom of Muscovy but his Affection and Endearments of this Lady being more prevailing with him than his Interest he had by several Delays put off the Execution of it Being now mounted on the Throne and Boris advanced to the Dignity of Lord High-Steward of Muscovy the highest Station next to the Prince in the Empire he knew how to manage the Affection of a Prince who always had preferr'd his private Pleasures and Retirement before Publick Affairs with so much Dexterity that the Princess in a great measure ow'd the continuance of her Greatness to him as he was absolutely beholding to her for his first Advancement Boris Goudenou was a Man naturally qualified for the Management of Affairs of State and in a very few Years had attained to that degree of Perfection in Flattery and Dissimulation that he seem'd to be the Darling both of his Prince and the People both being equally well satisfied in his Conduct Thus by the Advantages of his Quality and Dexterity and the Weakness of the Czar Fedor having got the whole Management of Affairs into his own Hands he began to bend all his Thoughts how to secure the Crown of Muscovy to himself and his Family the better to enable himself to obtain his Ends after he had gain'd the Affection of the common People he resolved to smooth his way to the Throne by the Favour of the Nobility most of whom having a Dependance from him as the only Person through whose hands all Places of Honour Trust or Profit passed were soon brought over by the Hopes and Advantages of Preferments to his Party Having thus laid the Foundation to his projected Greatness the main Obstacle of his growing Ambition was Demetrius the youngest Son of John Basilovits by a second Adventure and Brother to the Czar Fedor Ivanovits who was Educated under his Mothers care in the Castle of Vgletz His Death being therefore resolved on Prince Demetrius ●●ur ●ered four of the Prince's own Domesticks were by vast Promises engag'd to undertake the Fact The better to cover their Design they set at mid-night the City of Vgletz on Fire in several places and having thus fill'd all with horror and confusion they ran during the general Consternation to the Castle under pretence of saving the Prince and being admitted into his Bed-chamber took their Opportunity while he was looking out of the Window to see the approaching Flame and stabb'd him in several places with poyson'd Daggers and so leaving him wallowing in his own Blood took Post for M●sco flush'd with hopes of ample Rewards for so extraordinary piece of Service But they were grievously mistaken in their Account for Boris Goudenou considering with himself how dangerous they might prove one time or another to his Affairs took a Resolution to take the first Opportunity of ridding himself of these Evidences of his Treachery to effect which he hir'd others who by the Temptations of great Rewards were made the Executioners of those four Murderers of their Prince To prevent the Murmurs of the People who were all startled at the suddenness of so bloody a Tragedy he made use of the same Method he had done at Vgletz For having caused the City of Musco to be set on fire in several Parts he did not question but that